Bourbonnais v. State

The plaintiff in error, who is an Indian, was convicted in the district eourt of Pottawatomie county, at-the March, 1910, term, on a charge of felonious assault, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a period of two years. The prosecuting witness testified that he was hauling ties in Teeumseh, in said county, on March 2, 1910; that he was assaulted by the accused, who struck him with a piece of iron just behind the ear and across the shoulder, inflicting a painful wound. That he had had no trouble with accused, and did not know he was in danger of being…