State v. Ireland

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

A. E. Ireland was convicted in the district court of Cowley county of assaulting, beating and wounding one Harrity. He was sentenced to six months in the county jail, and appeals. The information charged in substance that defendant did unlawfully and feloniously, on purpose, and of malice aforethought, with a deadly weapon, to wit, a large and heavy rock, assault, beat and wound J. D. Harrity with intent to kill. This was a charge under section 38 of chapter 31 of the General Statutes of 1901. The verdict of the jury was as follows:

“We, the…