Lee v. State

— The appellant, with J. B. Evans and Lloyd Evans, was charged by information with the crime of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder.

The evidence shows that on the night of September 29, 1921, Sheriff Skaggs, of Graham county, and two deputies, Will Mangum and S. I. Allred, went to a place near Artesia, in said county, for the purpose of seizing an illicit still and arresting the persons operating the same. The officers were joined by one Sparks and proceeded up a wash to a point within a few yards of the still. The still was in operation and two men were standing near…