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32 Tex. Crim. 265

22 S.W 979

Thompson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1893-06-07

' Tried below before-. Hon. W. Gr. Rucker, County Judge. This was a prosecution for aggravated assault, under an information containing two counts; one charging the defendant, a person of robust health and strength, with an assault upon W. M. Bell, an aged and decrepit man; the other alleging the use of a pistol by the defendant, a dangerous and deadly weapon, in an angry and threatening manner, with intent to alarm said Bell, and under circumstances calculated to effect…

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1917

4 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1893-06-07

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HURT, Presiding Judge.

¶1 Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault and battery upon W. M. Bell, an aged and decrepit person, and his punishment assessed at $25. The evidence is conflicting. If Bell’s testimony be true, the appellant is guilty. On the other hand, if the version of the difficulty as given by appellant be correct, he is not guilty under either count. Counsel for the appellant requested the court to require the State to elect upon which count she would prosecute. This was refused. Both counts referring to the same transaction, the ruling was correct. There is a general exception to the charge of the court. This is not sufficient. It must point out the objection to the charge. The requested instructions refused by the court were not more favorable to appellant than those given on the same subjects. The judgment is affirmed.

¶2 Affirmed.

¶3 Judges all present and concurring.

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