Cheney v. State

Hor/r, J.

Appellant, Dock Cheney, ivas convicted of the crime of assault with intent to kill. Gabe Robinson was the victim of the assault. The jury assessed his punishment at 15 years in the state penitentiary, and from the judgment comes this appeal.

For reversal appellant urges (1) that the evidence was not sufficient to support the verdict, and the punishment assessed is excessive, (2) that the court erred in denying change of venue, and (3) that the cause should be reversed because one of the jurors was a nephew by marriage of the prosecuting witness, Gabe Robinson.

The record presents the…