BRASWELL v. STATE

No. 32355.

340 S.W.2d 302 (1960)

Elbert Otto BRASWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

November 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hermes Nye, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Criminal Dist. Atty., William D. Cox, Jr., Sam S. Stollenwerck, Edward Miller, Phil Burleson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


WOODLEY, Judge.

The offense is aggravated assault; the punishment, six months in jail.

The only witness who testified before the jury was the 17 year old prosecutrix named in the information. She testified that appellant came to her home and assaulted her by slapping her with his open hand several times, and assaulted her with a hunting knife.

The ground of aggravation alleged in the information was that the assault was made by an adult male upon a...

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