Lewis v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one and one-half years.

The injured party, Britt McCulloch, was the operator of a filling station. About nine o’clock at night, appellant and another man drove to the filling station and stopped. Appellant entered the office where McCulloch was working on his books. Although he did not know McCulloch, he insisted that he go deer hunting with him. In the meantime appellant exhibited a pistol, which he pointed at McCulloch. At this junction, we quote from the testimony of McCulloch…