179 S.W.2d 979 | Tex. Crim. App. | 1944
The conviction is for the offense of aggravated assault. The punishment is assessed at a fine of $500.00.
It was charged, in substance, in the complaint and information that on or about the 14th day of December, 1943, Erwin Lutz, in Medina County, Texas, did in and upon Jacob Lutz, commit an aggravated assault; the said Erwin Lutz then and there being a person of robust health and strength, and the said Jacob Lutz, then and there being aged and decrepit. It will be noted from the allegation in the complaint and information that the State undertook to charge two phases of the offense under subdivision 4 of Article 1147, P. C.
In the case of Hallman v. State,
In the case of Hall v. State, 16 Tex. Cr. App. 6, and also in Little v. State,
"We understand a decrepit person to mean one who is disabled, incapable, or incompetent, from either physical or mental weakness or defects so as to render the individual comparatively helpless in a personal conflict with one possessed of ordinary health and strength."
See also 4 Tex. Jur., p. 856, sec. 22.
Having reached the conclusion that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction of aggravated assault under the allegations in the information, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause remanded.
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.