Hendrix v. State

The defendant was indicted for an assault and battery on one Dallas Parvin. Evidence was offered on the trial, tending to prove the commission of the assault and battery, and to show that it was caused by the refusal of the prosecutor to give up to the defendant possession of a mare which he was riding, and which was claimed by the defendant. The defendant offered to prove that the mare was his property, and had been stolen from him, a short time before, in Lauder-dale county. The State objected to the admission of this evi-f dence, and the court sustained the objection; and this ruling of \…