Tipps v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

*341The offense is aggravated assault and battery. The punishrinent assessed is confinement in the county jail for a period of sixty days and a fine of $50.00.

It appears from the record that on the 15th day of March, -1946, Horace Johnson, the injured party, went to appellant’s beer tavern and while there, appellant assaulted him with a knife, the blade of which was two inches in length, by stabbing Johnson in the neck and shoulder. The State’s theory was that appellant was angry at Johnson because he, appellant, believed that about a week prior thereto when some trouble occurred…