Case Name: JOHNSON v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1913-02-26
Citations: 156 S.W. 1164
Docket Number: 
Parties: JOHNSON v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 156
Pages: 1164–1166

Head Matter:
JOHNSON v. STATE.
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Feb. 26, 1913.
On Rehearing, April 30, 1913.)
1. Assault and Battery (§ 56*) — Aggravated Assault.
An assault with a deadly weapon is necessarily an aggravated assault.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Assault and Battery, Cent. Dig. §§ 80, 81; Dec. Dig. § 56.*]
2. Assault and Battery (§ 56*) — Aggravated Assault — “Deadly Weapon.”
A “deadly weapon” is one which, from the manner used, is calculated or likely to produce death or serious bodily injury.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Assault and Battery, Cent. Dig. §§ 80, 81; Dec. Dig. § 56.*
For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 2, pp. 1853-1856; vol. 8, p. 7627.]
3. Assault and Battery (§ 92*) — Aggravated Assault— Sueeiciency of Evidence.
Evidence in a prosecution for aggravated assault held to sustain a finding that the knife with which accused committed the assault was a deadly weapon.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Assault and Battery, Cent. Dig. §§ 137-139; Dec. Dig. § 92.*]
4. Criminal Law (§ 1038*) — Appeal — Instructions— Exceptions.
Where accused did not except to any part of the charge given in a misdemeanor prosecution, and requested no special charge, there was no reversible error; Code Cr. Proc. 1911, art 743, authorizing reversal only when exception is taken at the trial or on motion for new trial.
[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Criminal Law, Cent. Dig. § 2646; Dec. Dig. § 1038.*]
Appeal from District Court, Liberty County; L. B. Hightower, Judge.
Willie Johnson, alias Jack Johnson, was convicted of aggravated assatilt, and he appeals.
Affirmed.
E. B. Pickett, Jr., ” of Liberty, for appellant. G. E. Lane, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Opinion:
PRENDERGAST, J.
This appeal is from a conviction of aggravated assault with a fine of $100 assessed.
Because of a wholly insufficient recognizance, this court has no jurisdiction, and the cause is hereby dismissed.