Cobb v. State

CATES, Judge.

Cobb was indicted for assault with intent to murder and was convicted of the lesser included misdemeanor of assault and battery. The jury put a fine of $25 on him, to which the trial judge added six months at hard labor for the county.

We have paraphrased the tendencies of the evidence from Cobb’s brief:

For the State: The complaining witness, Charlie J. Edmondson, met with some acquaintances at a store. Cobb was present, reached out and got Edmondson’s pocket knife. No trouble ensued immediately, but later in the evening an altercation arose over the knife, in the course of which…