Martin v. State

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, a fine of $100.00. The grounds of aggravation alleged were that the assault was committed with a deadly weapon, with premeditated design, and that serious bodily injury was inflicted.

The trial was before the court without the intervention of a jury. The judgment is a general finding of guilty as charged.

Appellant was the gatekeeper at the entrance to a girl’s camp. There seems to have been some dispute among the local residents as to whether the gate which he guarded was at the entrance to a public or a private road. At any…