Daugherty v. State

The defendant in this case killed Buck Patrick by stabbing him with a knife. There was a difficulty in the public road. The time was about midnight; deceased was thirty-five years old; weighed about one hundred and eighty pounds; strong and active; was a man of turbulent, violent, and bloodthirsty character; at the time of the difficulty was drinking and under the influence of whisky. The defendant is a small man; one armed; weight about one hundred and thirty pounds. The plea was self-defense. On this plea the evidence was in conflict as to who brought on or provoked the difficulty. There…