Ford v. State

Indictment for assault with intent to murder; verdict-of guilty; exception to denial of a new trial. The grounds on which a new trial was asked were, that the verdict is contrary to law and evidence, and because of testimony of two witnesses alleged to be newly discovered, tending to show that Clarke Barlow, the person struck by the defendant, was the aggressor. It appears that no evidence was introduced on behalf off the defendant at the trial. The evidence for the State showed, in brief, that the defendant went to a ball and provoked a quarrel with one Brown. Sherman Barlow (brother of…