Yarborough v. State of Florida

George Yarborough was convicted of an assault with intent to commit a felony upon an information charging him and another with that offense. The information contained four counts. The first charged the plaintiff in error with assault upon Herbert M. Iserman, and Dewey Slade as principal in the second degree. The second count charged Slade with the offense and Yarborough as principal in the second degree.

The same order was preserved in the third and fourth counts. The first and second counts alleged that the deadly weapon used was a ‘ ‘ budding knife. ’ ’ The third and fourth counts described…