Drinkard v. Commonwealth

The accused was convicted of malicious wounding, and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for a period of five years.

The facts are brief, and except in one or two particulars, are undisputed. The accused on Saturday night, *801March 16,1935, with two companions entered a sandwich shop in the city of Lynchburg, where there were fifteen or more other people. Soon after entering the restaurant, the accused, without the slightest provocation, slapped a girl, Nina Chambers, and then knocked her down with a pistol. Immediately thereafter, as Orville Woodson was walking out the rear door, the…