Patton v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the County Court of Van Zandt County on June 22, 1909, of aggravated assault upon his wife, Fannie Patton, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25.

The parties had been separated a short while before the date of the alleged offense, the wife being at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Annie Whitus. On the day in question appellant, with his brother Harry, came to the house of Mrs. Whitus, and, according to Mrs. Patton’s testimony, asked her to let him take Gladys, their three year old child, which she declined to do. That about this time she stepped…