Bryant v. State

SIMPSON, Judge.

Robert Bryant shot and seriously wounded Joe Ellis and was convicted of assault with intent to murder. From a sentence of three years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, he presents this appeal.

Cause of the affray seems to have been a former altercation between the two negroes, because Joe had accused Robert of going with his “old lady.” There is really not much to be said.

The contention is unsustainable that the trial court should have ordered a new trial because, allegedly, the preponderance of evidence was against the verdict. The evidence was sharply conflictory, that for…