Martinez v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The appellant was convicted under an indictment charging him with assault with intent to murder, and his punishment assessed at four years’ confinement in the penitentiary, and from the judgment and sentence of the lower court he prosecutes this appeal. The statement of facts shows that the instrument used in the assault was a pocket knife. The wound inflicted was on the left breast, just below the left nipple, and about two inches in length. The depth of the wound is not given, nor is any further description of said wound contained in the record, except one witness says, “it…