Stephens v. State

JOSEPH J. JASPER, Circuit Judge.

On December 10, 1971, Stephens, was tried and found guilty in the Circuit Court of Chambers County, Alabama, without a jury, in each of two separate cases; Assault and Battery and Trespass After Warning. These cases were consolidated and tried together by agreement. For assault and battery the appellant was fined $100.00 and sentenced to sixty days hard labor for the county; in the trespass case he was fined $25.00.

Mr. V. H. Stephens, the complaining witness, was the grandfather' of the appellant. A dispute arose over the cutting of a tree by the complaining…