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35 Tex. 736

Warfield v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1872

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1872-07-01

Tried below before the Hon. Leroy W. Cooper. Held: and with one certain six shooting pistol, which he, the said Felix Warfield in his hand then and there had and held, which said gun and said pistol were then and there deadly weapons, and were then and there charged with gunpowder and leaden balls, did then and there, by discharging and shooting said gun and pistol off towards, at…

Decided 1872-07-01

Ogden J.

¶1The appellant was indicted with one Charles Sheppard, for an assault upon Charles Beasley, with intent to commit murder. The appellant was put upon his trial and convicted of an aggravated assault; and from the judgment of conviction he has appealed. The indictment is sufficient in form to charge an offense, and it charges the offense for which he was tried sufficiently definite, and the court did not err in overruling the exceptions to the same.

¶2Neither did the court err in refusing to permit Charles Sheppard to testify in behalf of his co-defendant; they were jointly indicted for the same offense, and under Article 1826, Paschal’s Digest, neither could testify for the other, unless he had been tried and acquitted. On the trial of this case the evidence of appellant’s guilt *738was not very strong, and was to some extent conflicting, but we are not prepared to say that there was not sufficient evidence to support the verdict of the jury and the judgment of the court. And as the court below did not think proper to grant a new trial with all the witnesses and facts before it, we are disinclined to disturb that judgment here. It is therefore affirmed.

¶3Affirmed.

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