Saunders v. State

Saunders was charged in a presentment of the Brand Jury with an assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree. He was convicted of assault and battery with sentence of sis months in the County Workhouse and a fine of $500. This judgment has been seasonably appealed to this Court.' Able briefs have been filed, arguments heard, and we now, after a careful reading of the record, the briefs, the authorities therein cited, and making an independent investigation, have.the question for determination.

The occurrence out of which this presentment arose occurred in Memphis on January…