Jeffries v. State

Plaintiff in error in this case, who will be referred to as defendant, was tried in the district court. of Okmulgee county, and convicted of Assault with intent, to kill, and sentenced to serve a térm of four years in the penitentiary. • -

The material facts, as developed by the state, are:. That the defendant, G. T. Jeffries, and the prosecuting witness, Fred Hall, were employed in drilling a well for oil. That they had some words, in which insulting language was used by Hall toward the defendant. That defendant retired from the scene for a few minutes, and then returned. At that time Hall…