State v. Weber

REDDING, J. (Pro Tempore).

The defendant, Morell Weber, having been convicted of the crime of assault being armed with a dangerous weapon and sentenced to the Oregon State Penitentiary for a period of three years, appeals from the judgment which followed. The criminal action arose out of an attempt by defendant to retrieve from a police officer of Sutherlin, Oregon, an automobile belonging to his son.

The evidence shows that Officer Schwartz, a Sutherlin police officer, in an attempt to cite defendant’s son for a traffic violation, pursued the red Chrysler automobile driven by him at speeds at…