Walden v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the County Court of Tarrant County of the offense of aggravated assault, and his punishment fixed at one year in the county jail.

Appellant was charged with aggravated assault on his seven year old son. The date alleged in the indictment was November 21, 1920. The record discloses that at the time of the assault on the date alleged, no one was present except appellant and his child. No witness testified on the trial to any bruise or mark on the face or body of the boy which appeared to have been inflicted on that date. The child testified (referring…