ROOT v. STATE

No. 31479.

334 S.W.2d 154 (1960)

Chester ROOT, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Hagman, Weatherford, for appellant.

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


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault by an adult male upon a female; the punishment, one year in jail.

The evidence viewed from the appellant's standpoint is thus stated in his brief:

"On the 16th day of June, 1959, the prosecuting witness, Ethelyn Baker, accompanied by another woman, Hattie Rice, came upon the premises at Possum Kingdom Lake, known as Costello Point on which the defendant had a trailer house and has resided there for...

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