People v. Lathrop

Defendant was accused of the crime of assault with intent to commit murder and the jury found him guilty of assault. The court sentenced him to pay a fine of three hundred dollars and to serve a term of three months in the county jail. The appeal is from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial. As stated by appellant, he relies for reversal upon three grounds: “(1) That the court erred in the admission of certain testimony offered by plaintiff and objected to by defendant; (2) That the court misdirected the jury in certain instructions given to the jury at the trial; (3)…