Turner v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Tarrant. Tried below before Hon. Geo. W. Armstrong, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for an aggravated assault and battery, by an adult male upon a female. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Judge.
This is a conviction for aggravated assault and battery. The appellant was the step-father of Nellie Beck, and ordered her to assist her mother in getting supper. She refused to do this. Whereupon appellant-proceeded to inflict upon her punishment with a rope. He stood in the relation of parent to the girl, and had the right to correct her in moderation. When striking at the girl, the proof shows that he accidentally struck his wife; and this conviction is for an assault and battery upon his wife. Appellant was tried and acquitted of the assault and battery upon the girl.…
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