Lee v. State

The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Marion County of assault and battery with intent to kill and murder Hattie Lee Barnes, and was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years in the state penitentiary. He prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of conviction.

A statement of the facts bearing upon the guilt or innocence of the appellant is unnecessary. It is sufficient to say that the only proof in the case was that introduced on the part of the state and that this proof clearly established the appellant’s guilt.

It is argued on this appeal, however, that the judgment of conviction…