Lee v. State

298 S.W.2d 155 (1957)

Bernlce LEE, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 28441.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 9, 1957.

Perry O. Barber, Colorado City, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is maiming; the punishment, three years.

Animosity had existed between the injured party "Lady" and the appellant "Chicken," for some time prior to the night in question. Seven years before, they had a fight in an alley in which Lady claims that she was cut and Chicken's nose was bitten. The appellant contended that their…