George v. State

Citations

• 21 Tex. Ct. App. 315
• 17 S.W. 351
• 1886 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 137

Syllabus

<p>Aggravated Assault—Evidence—Term Defined.— “Serious bodily injury,” as those terms are used in sub-division 7, of Article 496 of the Penal Code, means “such an injury as gives rise to apprehension; an injury which is attended with danger.” See the opinion, and the statement of the case for evidence held insufficient to support a conviction for aggravated assault, in as much as it fails to establish such serious bodily injury as is contemplated by the statute,—the said injury consisting in the biting off of a small piece out of the rim of the ear of the prosecuting witness.</p>