Trimble v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

The offense is an assault with intent to murder. The punishment assessed is confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of one year.

Appellant’s chief contention is that the evidence is insufficient to justify and sustain his conviction. The evidence adduced by the State, briefly stated, shows that a difficulty arose between Ben Hillin, a white man, and appellant, a negro, over some money. Hillin testified that'as he was walking down the sidewalk on the night of October 23, 1943, appellant came up behind him and said: “God damn, I want some whisky”; that he (appellant) had…