Pate v. State

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of the crime of maiming and from judgment of the lower court, sentencing him to imprisonment in the penitentiary for four years, he prosecutes this appeal.

The evidence disclosed that appellant, a taxicab driver in Fort Smith, was engaged by Willie Bryant and Frank Crockett, two soldiers at Camp Chaffee, to drive them with two young ladies to the home of the young-ladies. The soldiers took the young ladies to their residence, then re-embarked in the cab and were driven back to the business district. A dispute as to the proper fare for the trip arose between…