Keefe v. State

■ Bryan Keefe was indicted in the Sebastian Circuit Court, for making an assault upon Abner H. Fuller, with a pistol, with intent to inflict upon him a bodily injury, without considerable provocation. Digest, chap. 51, Part IV, Art. VI, sec. 2, p. 332.

The defendant was tried upon the plea of not guilty, convicted, and his punishment assessed by the jury at one hour’s imprisonment, and a fine of fifty dollars.

He moved for a new trial on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence, etc.; the Court overruled the motion, he excepted, set out the evidence, and appealed.

The…