Thurogood v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of assault to murder and given two years in the penitentiary.

The evidence discloses that there was a question of ownership of hogs arising between Collie Griffin, a negro, and A. B. Knight, a white man. Griffin killed a couple of hogs which were claimed by Knight as his property. An investigation of the matter was instituted, and on the morning of the trouble evidenced by this record five white men, two being officers, who summoned two other white men, and these four accompanied by Knight went to the residence of Griffin in reference to the…