Cotanney v. State

Relay Cotanney was by information filed in the district court of Creek county, Okla., charged with an assault upon Joe Alexander with a knife, with unlawful, wrongful, and felonious intent to injure the said Joe Alexander; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a year and a day.

Motion for a new trial was filed, considered, overruled, exceptions saved, and the defendant appeals.

The record in this case is very brief. The issues in the case are conflicting.

In brief the testimony shows that the parties — the defendant, the injured party, and other…