Harper v. State

MORROW, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a fine of $25 on conviction for aggravated 'assault under an allegation that he inflicted serious bodily injury upon J. W. Lovelady.

The appellant struck the injured party with a policeman’s “billy,” an instrument about twelve inches long, made of leather wrapped around shot or metal of some kind. From the State’s evidence it appears that appellant was a man about thirty years old, weighing two hundred pounds, and Lovelady was about sixty-three years of age and was standing at a water cooler with a glass of water in his hand about to take a drink of water…