Hatton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Cass. Tried below before Hon. J. L. Sheppard. Appeal from a judgment of conviction for assault with intent to murder, wherein the punishment was assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to murder one William Johnson. Appellant reserved no bill of exceptions to the action of the court in regard to any rulings thereof. We gather from the requested instructions, which were refused, and matter contained in the motion for a new trial, that the contention of appellant is, that there was no assault to "murder, because of the distance between the parties and the size of the shot used. The assault was committed with a shot gun, appellant standing about forty .yards from Johnson. The gun was charged with No. 8…
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