Harris v. State

BELCHER, Judge.

The conviction for assault with intent to murder; the punishment, 5 years in the penitentiary.

According to the testimony for the state, appellant and his wife arrived at a beer tavern operated by Roy Gilliam about 10 P.M. where they drank intoxicants and visited until about 1:15 A.M., when Gilliam began removing all beer, whiskey, and glasses from the tables. Because appellant complained, he left his table until he had finished with the others, and upon returning to appellant’s table, appellant told him that “You are not picking up a G— d— thing from this table,” and after he…