Brown v. State

This is an appeal from the conviction of appellant on an indictment which in proper form charged him with the crime of assault with intent to kill one Dewey Pierce. The testimony on the part of the State tended to show that a dance was given at the home of Zack Robertson in Ashley County, Arkansas, on the night of the 22d of April, 1922. At the conclusion of the dance Deverous Brown, son of appellant, and Aubrey Chadwick were engaged in a fight. Brown shoved Chadwick off the gallery. Brown was a man and Chadwick a mere boy. Dewey Pierce asked Brown to let Chadwick alone. Brown thereupon…