Colbert v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was charged by indictment in the District Court of Jefferson County, Texas, with the offense of assault with intent to murder; and on trial was convicted of the offense charged against him, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the penitentiary for two years.

The-facts show briefly that Jessie Green, a young negro woman, about March 30, 1907, in the City of Beaumont, was struck by defendant, and that later she was cut by some sort of a sharp instrument, while in a Street car, from behind. She identifies appellant as the person who cut her, and says that he made…