Crass v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. James Boyd, Special Judge. Appellant was indicted for an assault with intent to murder one D. C. Walden, alleged to have been committed on the 8th day of March, 1891. He was convicted on his trial and his punishment assessed by the verdict and judgment at seven years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bell. Tried below before Hon. James Boyd, Special Judge. Appellant was indicted for an assault with intent to murder one D. C. Walden, alleged to have been committed on the 8th day of March, 1891. He was convicted on his trial and his punishment assessed by the verdict and judgment at seven years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The evidence shows, that prior to the trial in this case, defendant had been tried and convicted upon another indictment, which charged him also with another assault with intent to murder, alleged to have been committed by him on D.…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to murder one Walden, alleged to have been committed in March, 1891.
In the summer of 1891 he had been convicted of a similar assault upon the same party, which had occurred in December, 1890. Over appellant’s objection, the prosecution was permitted to prove on the trial of this cause the prior assault and former conviction. In this case the State relied on circumstantial evidence. The evidence objected to was admitted to prove motive and ill will. Where a crime has been committed, and the circumstances point to the party on…
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