Clayton v. State

This was a prosecution upon affidavit against the appellant, for an alleged attempt to provoke one Harlan E. King to commit an assault and battery upon him, the appellant. The prosecution was commenced before a justice of the peace of Kosciusko county, and from the justice’s judgment against him the defendant appealed to the court below. There the issues joined were tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned finding the appellant guilty, as charged in the affidavit, and assessing his punishment at a fine in the sum of one cent. Over appellant’s motions to set aside the verdict and for a new…