Pipher v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was given a sentence of two years in the penitentiary on a charge of assault to murder and brings this appeal.

The evidence disclosed that on the 29th day of March, 1941, Luther Winters and Forrest Fowler, who resided in the. town of Van, Van Zandt County, Texas, went to the City of Tyler where they contacted Gladys Partney and Mrs. Joe Ann Skinner, sisters, and accompanied them on a “joy ride” into Gregg County, visiting two or three beer joints and dancing places, the last one being the “Pine Lodge,” operated by appellant and her husband. This was about 5:30 or 6…