Greenwood v. State

Prosecution by information, of J ay Greenwood, m the Steuben Circuit Court, for an assault and battery, committed, as charged in the information, on the 1st. day of January, 1879, m the county of Steuben, Indiana, upon the body of one John W. Griffith.

Trial, conviction, and a fine of three dollars imposed upon the appellant. A motion for a new trial, for the reason that the judgment was not sustained by the evidence, was overruled.

There was evidence tending to show that appellant committed the offence charged, upon John W. Griffith. A witness, Ora Swift, testified: “I am acquainted with…