Jackson v. State

Appellant was convicted in the Criminal District Court of Williamson County of an assault with a prohibited weapon, and his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of five years.

One Burleson was a salesman, traveling in a car, and in the early part of 1923 made his headquarters for a while at the home of Mrs. Campbell in Williamson County, while he worked adjacent territory. Sometime in January or February a man named Davis came to Mrs. Campbell's and handed Burleson an envelope containing a sheet of paper headed "Georgetown Klan No. 178." In the lower righthand corner…