Conn v. People

At the September term, 1885, of the Macon county circuit court, Alexander Conn was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder John Warnicott, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year. This writ of error is brought to reverse the judgment. The errors assigned call in question the sufficiency of the evidence, the ruling of the court in rejecting one item of evidence offered by the defendant, and in giving and refusing instructions.

The transaction occurred on Sunday, October 1, 1882, in the village of Mt. Zion, in Macon county. Warnicott testified…