State v. Yowell

Defendant was found guilty in the Circuit Court of Saline County of assault to kill but without malice, and his punishment was assessed at four years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. His motion for a new trial was overruled, sentence was imposed and an appeal was taken. The specific charge was that appellant cut one J. Shelton Thomas with a knife with intent to kill him in the city of Marshall, Saline County, on January 12, 1931.

I. Before we may examine any assignments of error, we must determine whether there is in the transcript of the record and proceedings before us a copy of a true or…