Buchanan v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The appellant was tried and convicted of the offense of an assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of one year and one day.

The testimony adduced upon the trial, briefly stated, is as follows: On the afternoon of the 30th day of April, 1933, the appellant was in the town of Throckmorton. The sheriff saw him and concluded that he, the appellant, was drunk and told him he had to go home. While the sheriff was instructing the appellant to go home the appellant’s nephew appeared upon the scene and agreed to take…