RAWLINGS v. STATE

No. 26130.

253 S.W.2d 1001 (1953)

RAWLINGS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Glass, Tyler, for appellant.

George P. Blackburn, State's Atty., of Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, a fine of $500.

The grounds of aggravation plead and proved herein grew out of the fact that the appellant was an adult male and the person struck was a female. No serious bodily injury was alleged or proven.

The defense interposed was that of self-defense.

The court in his charge instructed the jury, in part, as follows:

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