Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 1931

Lindsey v. State

Lindsey v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Decided May 27, 1931 · Hawkins, Lattimore
39 S.W.2d 1114; 1931 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 995 (South Western Reporter, Second Series)

Lindsey v. State

Opinion of the Court

LATTIMORE, J.

Conviction for assault to murder; punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

We find no bills of exception in the record. The indictment, the charge of the court, the judgment, and sentence appear regular. The facts seem sufficient to support the conclusion of guilt.

The judgment "will be affirmed.

070rehearing

On Motion for Rehearing.

HAWKINS, J.

Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction for assault with intent to murder, because Eason, the injured party, was some fifty or sixty yards away at the time appellant shot him with a shotgun loaded with squirrel shot.

Appellant had run Eason away from home the night before, threatening to get a gun and kill him. On the morning of the assault appellant first got an axe, and when Eason ran appellant seized a gun and shot him. Basquez v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 26 S.W.(2d) 206, Hatton v. State, 31 Tex. Cr. R. 686, 21 S.W. (2d) 679, and Franklin v. State, 37 Tex. Cr. R. 113, 38 S. W. 802, 1016, seem decisive against appellant’s contention.

The motion for rehearing is overruled.

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