Hickman v. State

From a conviction in the district court of Carter county on a charge of shooting another with intent to kill, the plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, has appealed.

The record discloses that on the 1st day of June, 1923, the defendant and Jodie Hope, at a political speaking at Springer, became involved in a difficulty. The Hope boy was 18 years old and the defendant 19, and they were not acquainted with each other. The circumstances of the difficulty vary widely as to the origin and the details as narrated by the defendant and the prosecuting witness; but they agree that a fight…