Hall v. State

Appellant was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder George Topps by shooting and wounding him with a pistol and was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the state penitentiary. He contends on appeal that the shooting was in self-defense and that for this reason he was entitled to a directed verdict, but that, if mistaken in this contention, the verdict is contrary to the great weight of the evidence for which reason the trial court erred in overruling his motion for a new trial.

The shooting occurred in a Negro dance- hall where the music was furnished by a…