Jackson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Angelina. Tried below before the Honorable John F. Robinson. Appeal from a conviction of aggravated assault; penalty a fine of $25. The opinion states the case. On question of deadly weapon: Skidmore v. State, 43 Texas, 94; Key v. State, 12 Texas Crim. App., 506; Teague v. State, 206 S. W. Rep., 193; Hardin v. State, 13 Texas Crim. App., 192; Kosmoroski v. State, 59 Texas, Crim. Rep., 296, and other cases.
1Opinion
ON REHEARING.
November 30, 1921.
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was charged with aggravated assault. The ground of aggravation laid, was the use of a gun, same being a deadly weapon. The State’s case was that appellant, affronted at conduct of Scroggins, the alleged injured party, presented at him a shotgun demanding that he go and apologize to Mrs. Jackson, appellant’s wife, or appellant would kill him. Scroggins stood not on the order of his going but went and apologized. Nothing further was done.
Appellant asked a special charge presenting the usual and customary definition of a deadly weapon…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Yelton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
- Pearce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Haygood v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1907
- Shuffield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911