Johnson v. State

The appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Quitman County on an indictment charging him with assault and battery with intent to kill and murder one Edna Thomas by shooting her with a pistol. He was sentenced to serve a term of seven years in the State penitentiary, and from the judgment of conviction he prosecutes this appeal.

The State’s proof consisted of the testimony of two witnesses, namely, J. D. Wiley, a negro, and L. V. Harrison, the Sheriff of Quitman County.

J. D. Wiley testified that he was at the Log Cabin in Newtown in Quitman County on Saturday night, January 18, 1958;…