State v. Battle

There is only one question involved in this appeal, and that presents no difficulty in its decision. If tbe bill of indictment be stripped of a balf dozen superfluous words, it will readily be seen upon tbe most casual inspection that tbe offense charged is tbat of a simple assault — a mutual fighting between tbe appellant Battle and tbe other defendant, Powell — occurring during1 tbe September Term, 1901, of Wake Superior Court, and within one mile of tbe courthouse- of tbat county. Tbe jury returned for their verdict tbat tbe defendants were guilty in tbe manner and form as charged in tbe…