Bowlin v. State

Appellant was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to five years' in the penitentiary on a charge of assault with intent to kill one Joe Bramlett, and prosecutes this appeal to reverse the judgment and sentence against him. This was done at an adjourned term of the regular May term of the Johnson Circuit Court.

It is admitted that the testimony was sufficient to take the case to the jury, but it is urged: first, that the court was without jurisdiction to try the case and render .judgment against him, for the reason that, according to the affidavits of the county and circuit clerks, there…