Jones v. State

342 S.W.2d 585 (1960)

Aaron Everett JONES, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 32519.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 30, 1960.

Rehearing Denied January 25, 1961.

Royce E. Ball, Lubbock, for appellant.

George E. Gilkerson, Dist. Atty., Fred E. West, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lubbock, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for an assault with a prohibited weapon; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The testimony of the state shows that the appellant while unlawfully carrying a pistol wilfully made an assault with said…