Keith v. State

Minor W. Mill wee, Justice.

The defendant, Josie Bell Keith, was tided and convicted under an indictment charging her with assault with intent to kill Sadie Hughes, the punishment being fixed by the jury at five years in the penitentiary. Defendant has appealed, and the first five assignments in the motion for new trial challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and judgment. The defendant and prosecuting witness, Sadie Hughes, are negro women residing at Sparkman, Arkansas.

Sadie Hughes testified that shortly before noon on June 28, 1949, she was walking along the road…