Haley v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is assault with intent to murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of fifteen years.

From the evidence, without conflict, the following appears. The appellant and Josie Haley had been married about two months. She had previously been married and had a girl twelve years of age. Mrs. Haley and her daughter returned to their home about dusk in an automobile. The appellant had been away from home and reached there first. Without warning and without disclosing the cause therefore, the appellant assaulted his wife with some…