Ledbetter v. State

The defendant was indicted on a charge of assault with intent to murder and on his trial was convicted of assault and battery.

The insistences of error here made are: (1) That the additional sentence of six months at hard labor fixed by the court is void; (2) the examination of the physician attending the injured party as to the details and extent of the wounds and the effect of the wounds on the brain of the assaulted party, and how long he remained in the hospital as a result of such wounds, called for evidence illegal and immaterial; (3) the affirmative charge should have been given at the…