Styles v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Guadalupe. Tried below before Hon. F. C. Weinert, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault; penalty, a fine of $25. The indictment charged appellant with inflicting serious bodily injury upon Allen Styles, by shooting him with a gun, a deadly weapon. Allen Styles was appellant’s brother. They had some trouble at Lu-ling, and appellant threatened to kill Allen, if he ever caught him and Charley Styles together.
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Appeal from the County Court of Guadalupe. Tried below before Hon. F. C. Weinert, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for aggravated assault; penalty, a fine of $25. The indictment charged appellant with inflicting serious bodily injury upon Allen Styles, by shooting him with a gun, a deadly weapon. Allen Styles was appellant’s brother. They had some trouble at Lu-ling, and appellant threatened to kill Allen, if he ever caught him and Charley Styles together. On the occasion of the difficulty, involved in tMs prosecution, Allen Styles went to Parson Pierce’s to get a wagon. Lige Styles…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was charged with and convicted of an aggravated assault, and fined $25; hence this appeal. It is contended that the verdict is vague, indefinite, uncertain, and not sufficiently specific to support the judgment based upon it. It reads as follows: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as in the indictment,” etc.; the weakness in said verdict being found in the fact that the word “charged” is omitted between the words “as” and “in.” There is nothing in this contention. The verdict is sufficiently specific, and clearly exhibits the intent of the jury. It is also…
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