Morrison v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Grayson. Tried below before Hon. Don A. Bliss. Appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault; penalty, a fine of $25. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was tried on an indictment charging him with an asrault with intent to murder, was convicted of an aggravated assault, and his punishment fixed at a Ene of $25, and prosecutes this appeal.' The Assistant Attorney-General moves to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that the recognizance does not recite the offense with which appellant was charged. We do not think the motion is well taken. Appellant was charged, it is true, with an assault with intent to murder, but this includes an aggravated assault, and the indictment in effect, charged such an aggravated assault,…
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