Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Denton. Tried below before the Hon. Thomas E. Hogg, County Judge The indictment charged that the assault was committed “ with a certain stick, of the length of three feet, and of the thickness of one inch, which said stick was then and there a deadly weapon.”
1Opinion of the CourtWhite, J.
The defendant was indicted for an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. It is objected that the indictment is insufficient, in that it does not allege that the assault was committed under “circumstances not amounting to an intent to murder or maim.” Pasc. Dig., Art. 2150, subdiv. 8. Such an allegation it not necessary. The offense is complete when it is shown to have been committed with a deadly weapon, and the defendant cannot complain, because under the indictment he could not possibly have been convicted of a higher grade of crime than an aggravated assault. The State v. Lutterloh, 22…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. LutterlohTexas Supreme Court · 1858