HARRIS v. STATE

No. 28120.

289 S.W.2d 605 (1956)

Arthur James HARRIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis E. Hill, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Harvey Lindsay and Charles A. Potts, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for assault with intent to murder; the punishment, 5 years in the penitentiary.

According to the testimony for the state, appellant and his wife arrived at a beer tavern operated by Roy Gilliam about 10 P.M. where they drank intoxicants and visited until about 1:15 A.M., when Gilliam began removing all beer, whiskey, and glasses from the tables. Because appellant complained...

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