State v. Scaggs

Woods, Judge:

Convicted of unlawful wounding and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for one year and fined' $200.00, the plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as defendant, seeks a new trial.

According to the testimony of T. J. Foster, the prosecuting witness, on December 19, 1923, the defendant, in company with his brother in law, one McClure, came into the post office and store kept by said prosecuting witness, at Hacine, Boone County, and invited said witness to the outside of the building; informed him that he understood that he had accused his wife of stealing ten dollars…