State v. Scott

I. The deceased, Harry Skinner, was killed on the evening of December 9, 1920, as the result of an altercation between him and the defendant, in the defendant’s store at Linby, Jefferson County. Skinner died as the result of a wound inflicted upon him by the single thrust of a cheese knife, in the hands of the defendant. Before inflicting the wound, the defendant had been twice shot by Skinner: one bullet entering his left arm, and the other entering his body at a point one inch below the left nipple. The deflection of the bullet by the striking of a rib' prevented it from entering the heart…