Case Name: DENNIS v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1930-04-23
Citations: 28 S.W.2d 149
Docket Number: No. 13285
Parties: DENNIS v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 28
Pages: 149–149

Head Matter:
DENNIS v. STATE.
No. 13285.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
April 23, 1930.
Rehearing Denied May 28, 1930.
D. T. Moore, of Hillsboro, for appellant.
A. A. Dawson, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
MARTIN, J.
Offense, assault to murder; penalty, four years in the penitentiary.
The only question presented for review is the alleged insufficiency of the evidence. For the state it was shown that appellant and the injured party were cotenants on the same place, and , that appellant shot prosecuting witness, Barnhart, with a shotgun at a distance of twenty-six feet, without cause or provocation; that some of these shot penetrated the body of said Barnhart and inflicted on him serious bodily injury.
Believing the evidence sufficient, the judgment is affirmed.
PER CURIAM.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the court.