Mullin v. State

MARTIN, Judge.

Offense, assault with intent to murder; penalty, two years in the penitentiary.

Appellant was the proprietor of a restaurant. The injured party was his former employee, who claimed that appellant owed him and that in a difficulty ensuing between the two when he attempted to make collection, he was stabbed three times by appellant. Appellant’s version of the matter, without detailing same, entitled him, if believed, to an acquittal. He offered to corroborate his version by witnesses who were alleged to be absent and the Court’s action in forcing him to trial without these…