Floyd v. State

The appellant was tried and convicted, in the circuit court of Hinds county, Mississippi, on a charge of assault and battery, with intent to kill and murder his wife, and was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary, from which judgment he appeals here.

It is assigned as error that: First, the evidence is wholly insufficient to support the verdict;- second, that the testimony of Mrs. Floyd, the party assaulted, was not corroborated by any other witnesses, nor by any of the physical facts and circumstances in the case; that Mrs. Floyd was shown to have had an unbalanced…