Randall v. State

Plaintiff in error, Joe Randall, was tried on a plea of not guilty to an indictment of which the charging part is as follows:

“That is to say, that the said defendant, in the county aforesaid then and there being, did then and there willfully, unlawfully, wrongfully and feloniously, assault and strike one Joe Pack upon the head with a certain piece of steel approximately ten inches long and weighing approximately one pound, which said steel was then and there had and held in the hands of him, the said defendant, with such force as to overcome all resistance on the part of the said Joe Pack,…