Callas v. State

Appellant was tried and convicted upon a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Steve Giones. The court imposed a sentence of two years in the penitentiary, from which conviction and sentence appellant appeals. Both parties are Greeks. Appellant had been employed as a waiter in a cafe in Greenwood. Giones owned and operated a shoe-shine establishment.

The testimony for the state tended to show that appellant walked up to Giones, who was standing in front of a store looking at a display in the show window, and fired three pistol shots at him, two of which took effect in…