People v. Kirk

Respondent Wesley Kirk was convicted of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than the crime of murder, and, after a motion for a new trial had been overruled, sentenced to the State prison at Jackson for a term of years. The errors assigned present the questions:(1) Was testimony tending to show the quarrelsome disposition of the complaining witness (the injured man) improperly excluded ?(2) Was testimony tending to show the motive of defendant in leaving the State, after the assault was committed, improperly excluded?(3) Was it error to refuse an instruction to the jury upon the…