WINDHAM v. STATE

No. 27948.

288 S.W.2d 90 (1956)

Tommy WINDHAM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 8, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scarborough, Yates, Scarborough & Black, Abilene, for appellant.

Tom Todd, Dist. Atty., Abilene, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for assault with intent to murder without malice; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for one year.

The state's evidence shows an assault made by the appellant with a knife upon the injured party, Raymond Goza, on the night of February 13, 1955. It is shown that on the night in question the injured party, in company with his girl friend, Beverly Paxton, had gone to a show and had returned to her home. As he was standing...

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