Lindsey v. State

The indictment in this case charges Yan Lindsey with committing the offense of assault with intent to murder by cutting, stabbing, and seriously wounding Frank Howard with "a certain knife, the same being a weapon likely to produce death.” The question for determination is whether or not the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial, containing the usual general grounds and two special grounds.

The fight out of which the prosecution arose occurred at a negro frolic. Both the defendant and Howard were cut severely, and there can be no doubt that the evidence supports the verdict of…