Bridges v. State

Plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Wagoner county of assault with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to serve a term of 2 years in the state penitentiary.

The information charges that defendant committed an assault upon.one Hailey with a dangerous weapon, to wit, a razor. The testimony, while conflicting as to the cause of the difficulty, sustains the charge. Defendant admitted an encounter with Hailey in the course of which he struck him with a knife, but denied he had a razor. He claimed to have acted in self-defense and apprehension of…