Corson v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of maiming, and by the jury assessed a penalty of two years in the penitentiary, and he appeals.

We take the following resume from the brief of our State’s Attorney as fairly stating the facts, and legal conclusions therefrom :

“The statement of facts produced by the State reveals that appellant, who was a member of the U. S. Navy, and two companions, also Navy men, were in the town of Galveston on the night of the alleged offense. The record also reveals that they were to some extent under the influence of intoxicating liquor; that the three of them…