Harkey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of McCulloch. Tried below before the Honorable J. O. Woodward. Appeal from a conviction of mingling poiscn with food with intent to injure; penalty, six years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, PRESIDING Judge.
Appellant is convicted of a felony; his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of six years.
The offense is defined in Article 1077 of the Penal Code thus: “If any person shall mingle or cause to be mingled any other noxious potion or .substance with any drink, food or medicine, with intent to kill or injure any other person, . ... he shall be punished, etc.”
The act relied on is that appellant put strychnine in a coffee-pot containing coffee-grounds with the intent to injure one, Coalson. The facts show that the appellant was the husband of a…
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