Dill v. State

LIGON, J. —

The appellant was indicted in the Circuit Court of Walker county, for an assault with intent to murder. On the trial, as appears by the bill of exceptions, several witnesses were examined, who deposed to the following facts: That sometime in the month of January, 1851, the appellant and one John Irwin were quarrelling in a retail grocery in the town of Jasper, while one Burden stood between them, endeavoring to pacify them. John Henson took off his coat, and ’stepped up to the parties, but said nothing to either of them. The quarrel was kept up from before sunset until after dark.…