Ferguson v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Prosecution is for assault with intent to murder, the punishment being eighteen months in the penitentiary.

The assault was alleged to have been committed upon Elvin Corn. The facts, briefly stated, follow: Appellant lived with his mother, Mrs. Lily Crone. On the night of August 3, 1933, the young people in the neighborhood attended a dance at a neighbor’s house. Mrs. Crone let appellant have a mule to work to a wagon, which was the conveyance to the party, the other' animal in the team being furnished by Carlton Lawrence. Elvin Corn, his wife, and several others also went in…