Walker 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 two years.

Appellant’s -first contention is that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction of an assault with intent to murder, because there is not any evidence to show that, at the time of the stabbing, he entertained the specific intent to kill. With this contention, we are unable to agree.

The record reflects that Arthur Bland, the injured party, was employed by the Ben E. Keith Company at Wichita Falls as a shipping clerk. The company…