Barber v. State

Appellant’s able counsel has, it seems to us, in his brief stated the essential facts involved quaintly and correctly, as follows:

“The defendant in this case was convicted of the offense of assault with intent to murder, and given an indeterminate sentence of not less than four nor more than five years. The evidence shows that it was just a plain ordinary negro row, punctuated with slight snatches of mild profanity. The difficulty commenced at the home of the defendant, where the assaulted party had carried the defendant’s boy, and demanded that the defendant whip the boy. From then on the…