Phillips v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of maiming in that he put out the eye of the prosecuting witness, and was by the jury sentenced to serve a term of three years in the penitentiary.

There are no bills of exception in the record, but appellant insists that the indictment is insufficient to charge the offense, and should have been quashed, and that the evidence is insufficient to show his guilt.

The facts are brief and consist alone in evidence given by the State’s witnesses, appellant offering no testimony.

It is shown from the evidence that on Halloween night, October 31,…