Yeager v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

— Conviction Conviction is for assault with intent to . murder one W. Keilman. Punishment, five years confinement in the penitentiary.

Keilman was the proprietor of the “Horn Palace Inn,” at which place the transaction occurred out of which this prosecution grew. It was the State’s theory that the assault on Keilman was the result of an agreement or understanding among appellant, his son (Otis Yeager) and other parties to murder Keilman. This was controverted by appellant, he and his witnesses claiming that the difficulty was begun by Keilman making an unprovoked assault on…