State v. Davis

The appellant was convicted of felonious assault without malice aforethought committed upon one C. D. Adams by cutting him with a knife, in violation of Section 4015, Revised Statutes 1929 (Mo. Stat. Ann., p. 2821). The punishment assessed by the jury was two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. His brief on this appeal complains the verdict was not supported by substantial evidence, and of three instructions given by the court.

A brief recital of the facts will show that the evidence was amply sufficient to support the verdict, and that appellant’s assignment charging the contrary is…