State v. Miles

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Appellants, Bob Miles and Ancel Shepard (hereinafter called defendants), were convicted of felonious assault under the provisions of Section 559.190 (all statutory references herein are to RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.). The punishment of Miles was fixed by the jury at six months’ imprisonment in the county jail and a fine of $250. Shepard was assessed a fine in the same amount and imprisonment for three months.

The evidence presented on behalf of the State justifies the following statement of facts. At about one o’clock on Saturday afternoon, July 31, 1954, Jay White, the…