Hunt v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Conviction is for assault with intent to murder; punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of two years.

Mae Johnson, the injured party, was the divorced wife of the appellant. They had engaged in an altercation in which she received several wounds and in which the appellant claims to have also received wounds. Both were taken to a hospital after the difficulty. The State’s theory and testimony are that the wounds upon the appellant were self-inflicted. According to its testimony, appellant, during the fight, declared that it was his intention to…