Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided December 22, 1909No. 192PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of assault to murder, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

It is contended the evidence is not sufficient to support the conviction for assault with intent to murder. Appellant was a negro and Fritz Kratz .was a white man. Appellant had been working for Kratz as a farm hand, his term of service being by the month. He had been living on his employer’s place and working for him from the first of January, 1908. The first trouble seems to have occurred on Saturday before the trouble on Monday morning. On Saturday…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hatton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1893
  2. State v. KilloughTexas Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Wise v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953

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