Knighton v. State

BAKER, Judge. —

Appellant was charged by information in the county court of Jasper County as being a minor under the age of seventeen years and with malice assaulting Tom Morgan with intent to kill him by shooting him with a gun, and was convicted and his punishment assessed at three years confinement in the Juvenile Training School for Boys.

The Statement of Facts does not disclose the age of the appellant.

There is complaint raised to the action of the trial court in not permitting the father of appellant to he excused from the rule in order that he might assist the defense in the trial of the…