State of Oregon v. Story

This is an appeal by the defendant, Ethel Story, from a judgment of the circuit court, based upon a verdict, which adjudged her guilty of the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon and ordered her imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years.

The defendant presents three assignments of error. To facilitate their disposition we will take brief note of circumstances which led to the altercation preceding the defendants indictment.

The defendant and one Prank Story, who was the complaining witness, were husband and wife prior to December 2, 1955. On that day a decree of divorce dissolved…