Black v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with aggravated assault and battery, which charge was reduced to assault and battery. Trial before the court resulted in a finding of guilty under the reduced charge. Appellant was fined $1.00 and costs.

The record discloses the following facts:

The seven year old daughter of the appellant and the seven year old son of the prosecuting witness had an altercation in which the little boy struck the little girl with a stick, which fact the girl reported to her father, the appellant; whereupon, the appellant admonished the boy not to strike his daughter and the…