Jennings v. State

MORRISON,' Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder with malice; the punishment, 25 years.

As in Brothers v. State, 167 Tex.Cr.R. 521, 321 S.W.2d 311, the question of prime importance in this case is whether or not the evidence is sufficient to support this conviction of appellant as a principal.

Sergeant Brown of the Waxahachie police testified that on the day in question appellant’s wife met him at the county jail where she signed a written complaint against appellant, charging him with an assault upon her; that as they were leaving the jail appellant and his son drove up, appellant…