Cato v. State

In this case, counsel for appellant admits that the only question to be determined on this appeal is as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. There is but little or no material difference in the statement of the several witnesses, who testified both for and against defendant, with regard to the origin and principal details of the difficulty.

The substance of the case may be stated concisely thus : On the morning preceding the difficulty, this appellant told one P. Scruggs that he had seen C. E. Ladd, the party alleged to have been assaulted, dogging his (Scruggs’) hogs.…