Thompson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Navarro. Tried below before Hon. Rueus Hardv. Appeal from a conviction for assault with intent to murder; penalty, two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. This is a companion case to the case of Ras Hardy v. State, 36 Tex. Crim. Rep., 400, and is the case referred to in the opinion in that case. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to murder, and given two years in the penitentiary, and from the judgment of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. There is no bill of exceptions in the record. It appears, from the evidence in the case, that appellant was a prisoner confined in the jail of Navarro County, and the sheriff had taken him out for a bath, and in the meantime left one Ras Hardy in the cell, who occupied the same cell with the appellant. McAfee, the jailer, went in with the appellant, and opened the cell to let him in, when Ras Hardy rushed out…
2Cited by4 opinions
- Godsey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Hardy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1896
- Anthony Wade Brown v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2008
- Godsey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986