Wohlford v. People

This was an indictment against Thomas Wohlford, for an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to inflict upon the person of Curtis Likens a bodily injury, no considerable provocation appearing. On a trial in the circuit court the defendant was found guilty, and the court imposed a fine of $250.

It appears from the evidence contained in the record, that Likens and one Evans were engaged in a quarrel, and the defendant, who was some twenty rods distant from where the two were quarreling, called out to Likens that he was a milk thief. Upon this remark being made, Likens started in a hasty and…