Young v. State
Young v. State
Opinion of the Court
The defendant was convicted of an assault, with intent to murder.
An exception was filed to the indictment, upon the ground that it charged two offenses, to wit, an aggravated assault upon the sheriff of Wood county, in the lawful discharge of the duties of his office, and also an assault, with intent to murder said sheriff, Williams. If in charging
The only other objection was that the verdict was contrary to the law and evidence.
There is no direct evidence that it was the defendant who shot the gun from behind the house. It was sufficient, however, to raise a very strong presumption of that fact, which was not rebutted. The jury having come to the conclusion that he did it, we cannot say, from anything exhibited in the case, that they were not warranted in finding the defendant guilty.
Judgment affirmed.
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- William Young v. The State of Texas
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- Syllabus
- 1. Indictment.—It is no objection to an indictment in charging an assault with intent to murder that it also charged facts constituting an aggravated assault. 2. Circumstantial evidence.—See facts raising presumption sufficiently strong to warrant the jury in coming to the conclusion of the guilt of the accused.