Raker v. State

Ed C. Raker, indicted for assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree, was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder in the second degree.

In view of the conclusion which we have reached in this case, there is no necessity to discuss the assignments of error relating to the admission of evidence and the charges of the court. ,

It is undisputed that Mose Strickland, the man who was assaulted, together with several others, were trespassing upon the defendant’s land. While so doing Strickland sent Raker’s son with a message to his father, to come down and see him if he was not…