FRANKLIN v. STATE

No. 31320.

331 S.W.2d 751 (1960)

L. V. FRANKLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

January 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter P. Cheswick, Houston, for appellant.

Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for aggravated assault; the punishment, 180 days in jail.

The testimony of the state shows that the appellant while in a tavern broke the bottom out of a beer bottle by striking it against the floor, and then while holding the bottle by the neck he struck the injured party as he left the tavern with the broken end of the bottle in the left eye, cutting the cornea in the ball of the eye; that the eye bled profusely and...

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