State v. . Horner

On tbe trial tbe prosecutor testified for tbe State that defendant approached tbe prosecutor, in front of Dorsett’s store in Burlington, and, after a few words, commenced cutting witness with a knife, when witness retreated within tbe store and was pursued therein by defendant. There was other testimony tending to corroborate prosecutor’s statement.

Defendant, a witness in bis own behalf, testified as follows: “That be met tbe prosecuting witness, Boggs, in front of tbe store of Mr. Dor-sett, in tbe city of Burlington, and asked Boggs what it was that be bad told defendant’s little brother;…