Royal v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for assault to murder, with a sentence of two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant is charged, in an ill advised indictment, with the offense of assault to murder two parties, Lois Roleigh and Lee *568Andrew Roleigh. Joining two injured parties in one indictment frequently leads to difficulties not necessarily involved if indictments are drawn according to the usual custom, and is responsible for presenting a question in this appeal which could easily have been eliminated by the pleadings in the case.

The appellant, a married man, and a Negro woman…