Reardon v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of McClain county of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm and his punishment fixed at one year and one day in the penitentiary.

The record discloses that at the time charged, defendant was about 22 years of age. Otis Reed, the person assaulted, was about 40 years of age and was the publisher of a newspaper at Blanchard. Defendant took umbrage at an item which had appeared in the paper and apparently was looking for Reed and, when he met him on the street, asked him about the…