Johnson v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was convicted on a charge of assault to murder and given one year in the penitentiary.

The prosecuting witness in this case, together with two other boys; went to the home of appellant at about dusk and, according to their story, had in mind the purchase of some whiskey. The evidence of the things that followed from the standpoint of the State is quite in conflict with that given by appellant. In fact, their stories are so different that it would be difficult to recognize them as being the same affair, save and except for the time and place. It is sufficient to say…