Case Name: George Young v. The State
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1879
Citations: 7 Tex. Ct. App. 461
Docket Number: 
Parties: George Young v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 461–462

Head Matter:
George Young v. The State.
Newly Discovered Evidence. — Being convicted of an assault with intent to murder, the defendant moved for a new trial, and filed a supporting affidavit made by the assaulted party, to the effect that the defendant cut her by accident and that she had not intended to prosecute him. Held, that the motion was properly overruled, as the testimony of other witnesses fully warranted the conviction, and the intention of the assaulted party was immaterial.
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before the Hon. G. H. Noonan.
The opinion sufficiently indicates the case.
No brief for the appellant.
Thomas Ball, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
White, P. J.
Mary Robinson, the assaulted party, testified on the trial to two assaults made upon her by appellant : one by striking her with his fists whilst they were lying upon the bed ; and the other after they had got off the bed, when he struck at and cut her upon the throat with a razor. In support of the motion for a new trial, which was on the ground of. newly discovered evidence, the same witness, Mary Robinson, makes an affidavit, in which she states substantially that she does not believe that defendant intended to cut her ; that the cutting' was purely Accidental, and with no intention of injuring her; and that defendant was arrested without her knowledge or consent, and it was not her intention to prosecute him.
Unfortunately for defendant, the facts establishing guilt and guilty intentions do not rest alone upon the testimony of this witness, but are also testified to by others; and whether she desired him prosecuted or not, in no manner affects the question of his guilt, or the right of the State to punish him for a grave crime committed against the law.
There is no error in the record before us, and the judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.