Watts v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hill. Tried below before Hon. J. M. Hall. This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for assault with intent to murder, wherein the punishment was assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary. The opinion of the court states all the essential facts adduced in evidence on the trial.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and given a term of two years in the penitentiary.
The evidence discloses, that some days prior to the difficulty between appellant and the assaulted party, Will Whitfield, appellant stated to some parties that Whitfield “had been telling lies on him, and he was going to kill him or make him take them back.”
*535Dick Hart testified, that “some days before this difficulty defendant came to my place of business. Will Whitfield and Tom Ingraham were in the house. I asked defendant if he associated with such fellows as them,…
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