The People v. Edwards

Homer S. Edwards, plaintiff in error, was convicted in the circuit court of Clinton county of an assault with intent to murder Charles Beninati. He was sentenced on the verdict to serve a term in the penitentiary of not less than one and not to exceed three years. He prosecutes this writ of error for a review of the record.

At the time of the alleged offense on August 8, 1943, defendant was '60 years of age and had lived with his family in the city of Carlyle for many years, and for more than twenty years had owned and operated a barbershop in said city. The complaining witness, Charles…