CHURCHILL v. STATE

No. 29961.

317 S.W.2d 541 (1958)

Edgar E. CHURCHILL, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. J. Newman, Thomas H. Sanders and J. E. Winfree, Sr., Houston, for appellant.

Dan Walton, Dist. Atty., Thomas D. White, Asst. Dist. Atty., Houston, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is assault with intent to murder; the punishment, five years.

The shooting occurred outside a beer establishment after closing hours. Roush, the injured party, who was shot in the stomach, testified that he and Miss Melcer and her father were talking and listening to his automobile radio when the appellant, seated nearby, commanded him to turn his radio off; that he refused and the appellant stated that he himself would...

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