Taylor v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of an aggravated assault, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50 and thirty days’ confinement in the county jail.

Appellant objects to the following portion of the court’s charge: “But the use of any dangerous weapon, or the semblance thereof, in an angry or threatening manner with intent to alarm another and under circumstances calculated to effect that object comes within the meaning of an assault.” As appellant insists, there is no evidence in this record authorizing this charge. The testimony of prosecutrix is that she owned a tract of land, and…