Hill v. State

The prosecuting attorney of the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Arkansas, through his deputy of the county of Pike, filed an information with the mayor of the towii of Delight, accusing Jesse Hill- of the crime of an aggravated assault, alleged to have been committed as follows: “The said Jesse Hill, in the county and State aforesaid, on the 21st day of January, 1927, did unlawfully strike and hit the person of H. D. Dean with a deadly weapon, with the intent to inflict upon his person great bodily injury, no considerable provocation appearing, against the peace and dignity of the State of…