Hall v. State

McDONALD, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, 14 years in the Texas Department of Corrections.

The evidence shows that all the witnesses to the assault had spent much of the evening in the No-Peep-Inn, and that the complaining witness, Woods, had talked and drunk beer with Betty McKee, common-law wife of appellant. At about 12:30 a. m. appellant his wife, and another girl left the tavern, and Woods and another man left about 15 or 20 minutes later. The two parties met a short distance from the No-Peep-Inn.

According to Woods, he attempted to apologize…