Thornton v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged with an assault with intent to murder upon Willie Mae Slider, and upon conviction by the jury he was given a term of five years in the State prison.

It appears from the evidence that appellant and the complaining witness had been living together. That the prosecutrix had refused to longer live with appellant. Both parties are negroes, Willie Mae working for Mr. Perkins as cook and servant. On the morning of the alleged assault Willie Mae was in the kitchen of Mr. Perkins attending to her duties when appellant appeared at the back door of the Perkins home and…