Fuller v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Parker. Tried below before Hon. D. M. Alexander, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault upon Grace Dunn, a female; penalty, a fine of $25. The prosecutrix, Grace Dunn, testified: “The defendant came to the door and stood there talking for a few minutes; he asked where pa and ma were, and then walked over to where I was by the table.
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Appeal from the County Court of Parker. Tried below before Hon. D. M. Alexander, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault upon Grace Dunn, a female; penalty, a fine of $25. The prosecutrix, Grace Dunn, testified: “The defendant came to the door and stood there talking for a few minutes; he asked where pa and ma were, and then walked over to where I was by the table. The table stood in the northeast corner of the room and was about four feet long and three feet wide. The end was against the north wall; he was standing at the west side of the table about one and a half or…
1Opinion of the Court
HEHDERSOH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an aggravated assault, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25; hence this appeal.'
The only question involved in this case is whether or not the facts show an- assault. The prosecutrix, a girl about 14 years of age, was the-only eyewitness to the transaction. Appellant, who was a married man, lived a near neighbor, and some intimacy existed between the families^ and prosecutrix was in the habit of visiting his house. On the particular occasion appellant called at the house where prosecutrix lived, to return a saw which he had borrowed.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
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