State v. Vest

Lively, PRESIDENT:

Defendant, Joe Thomas Vest, was convicted of an unlawful assault upon John Vest, in the criminal court of Raleigh County on an indictment charging him with malicious assault upon John Vest with intent to maim, disfigure, disable and kill. He was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for one year. He prosecutes this writ of error, the circuit court having refused to disturb the verdict and sentence.

The assault for which defendant was indicted appears to have occurred in a field owned by him and a short distance from his house, the only persons present being defendant,…