Richards v. State

Plaintiff in error, W. A. Richards, in this ■opinion referred to as the defendant, was by information filed in the district court of Carter county on October 1, 1918, charged with an assault with a dangerous weapon upon the person of Frank Jones. At the trial, on April 8, 1920, by a verdict.of the jury the defendant was found guilty as charged, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of a year and a day. From the judgment on this verdict defendant appeals.

The verdict of conviction in this case rests almost wholly upon the testimony of the prosecuting…