Smith v. State

DOUGLAS, Judge.

OPINION

The conviction is for assault with intent to commit murder; the punishment, ten years.

The State’s theory was that the motive for the assault was that appellant expected to receive some twenty to thirty thousand dollars as the beneficiary of his wife’s insurance policies which she had obtained through the company where she was employed.

Barbara Smith, the injured party, was the wife of the appellant at the time of the assault. She testified that the appellant struck her on the head with a small wrought iron table at least seven times, and as a result of her injuries she…