Woods v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for five years.

The City of Whitesboro had been duly incorporated, the governing body being composed of five aldermen and the mayor. Chess H. Estis, the injured party, was marshal of the city. The city council had not passed an ordinance putting into effect the provisions of article 214, C. C. P. Prior to the 24th of February, 1931, the governing body of the-city had instructed the city marshal to arrest persons, without warrant, when he found them strolling about the city at night in…