Legal Opinion

Pena v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 17, 1897No. 1711PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of assault with intent-to murder his wife, and given two years in the penitentiary; hence this appeal.

There are no bills of exception in the record. It is urged that the court committed an error in failing to submit to the jury a charge upon aggravated assault and battery. The evidence for the State shows an. assault with intent to murder, which occurred at a different place than that testified to by appellant. If the State’s testimony is true, appellant made the assault -with a knife upon his wife, stabbing her in the breast; also cutting one of her…

2Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ryan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  2. Williamson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. Manning v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1904
  4. Grider v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1917
  5. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1900

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