Aldridge v. State

BAKER, Judge.

The appellant was indicted and tried in the district court of Parmer County and convicted on an aggravated assault, fined $200.00 and given thirty days in jail. The indictment embraced five counts but the court in his charge to the jury submitted only two counts, the second count charging assault with a prohibited' weapon and the third count charging assault with the intent to murder, upon the prosecuting witness, J. W. Reid.

The facts briefly stated, upon the part of the State, discloses that the prosecuting witness, Reid, was the Superintendent of the school at Farwell, and in…