Killingsworth v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to murder with malice and assessed a term of ten years in the penitentiary, and he appeals.

On the occasion in question (June 20, 1948) there were a number of horse races run at the Archer Ranch in Harris County. There was racing, gambling and drinking, and the usual differences between the participants therein seemed to have arisen. Appellant and a man named Howell had a disagreement of some kind early in the afternoon. It also seems that later on one, Sam McGregor, had a disagreement with one, Buster Jones, a friend of W. W.…