Williams v. State

The defendant was convicted of assault to murder William M. Butler in Covington county on or about the 2d day of August, 1923. The assault of which the defendant was convicted took place at the house of one Dave Parsons, in which defendant used a knife, cutting Butler, more or less seriously, nine times. The evidence for the state tends to show an unwarranted assault, and that for the defendant, while admitting the cutting, a case of self-defense. It further appears from the evidence that the parties first met on the day of the difficulty at about 4:30 o’clock, at the home of one Metcalf,…