Comegys v. State

Appellant was indicted for assaulting John Reed with the intent to miirder him. Upon a trial he was convicted of an aggravated assault, and fined in the sum of $350.

The state’s testimony would indicate that appellant made an unprovoked assault on Mr. Reed, and shot at him with a pistol. The testimony offered on 'behalf of appellant was that Reed had drawn a pistol, and was *350seeking to get an opportunity to shoot appellant, when appellant drew his pistol and fired. There is nothing in the testimony, from either the state or defendant, that any wordy altercation took place at the time of or on…