Carr v. State

Roberts, Chief Justice.

The evidence shows that the defendant, armed with two pistols, placed himself in a position where John Dickson passed him in going to his dinner from his blacksmith shop to his house, and called him to an account by asking him questions about a difficulty that they had had on the day previously. Dickson was in his “shirt sleeves,” and unarmed. Carr pressed the matter, and Dickson explained, acknowledged himself sorry if he had hit him the day before harder than he thought he had, proposed to drop it, and started towards home. The defendant, still not satisfied, uttered…