Farley v. State

This is an appeal from a conviction in the court below of the offense of assault with intent to murder. The injured party was the wife of the accused. A special plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was interposed.

The appellant entered the armed service, in February 1943. He was taken an enemy prisoner in September 1944 and remained as such until April 1945. He was discharged from the Army in November 1945, at which time he returned to his home and reentered the employment, at a mine, of the Alabama By-Products Company. His marriage to the prosecutrix followed in February 1946, and the…