Clark v. State

— Appellant was indicted for an assault and battery upon one William Reed with the felonious intent to commit murder in the first degree. On a trial before a jury, he was convicted of an assault and battery with the intent to commit murder in the second degree, and over his motion for a new trial, was sentenced to be imprisoned in the reformatory prison at Jeffersonville for an indeterminate period of from two to fourteen years, and to pay a fine of $5, together with all costs. Erom this judgment he appeals. On the trial, appellant justified his act of committing the assault and battery in…