Moreno v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction is for aggravated assault, punishment being imprisonment in the county jail for sixty days.

The injured party was appellant’s step-son, a little boy nine years old. Neighbors heard sounds of whipping and the little boy begging; the next morning he was observed to be chained by the foot to a bed post. This caused reports to be made to officers. An investigation by a policeman and a lady probation officer followed. Both of them examined the child and testified upon the trial. The probation officer (a lady) said: “He (the child) was blue, all his

body, clear down to his…