State v. Stafford

— This is an appeal from a conviction of assaul(second degree) with intent to commit a felony, namely, the crime of maiming the person of another.

Briefly, the facts are: The prosecuting witness had been suspected and accused by the defendant of seducing and despoiling the latter’s daughter. “Bad blood,” or hostility, existed between the father of the girl and her alleged seducer. A bitter quarrel, and a fight, ensued between the two men during a dance “at the Camp One Dance Hall . . . out" in Willapa.” Soon thereafter, the criminal charges involved herein were filed against the girl’s father.…