Powell v. State

100 So.2d 38 (1957)

Hollis POWELL

v.

STATE.

8 Div. 967.

Court of Appeals of Alabama.

August 13, 1957.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1957.

Powell & Powell, Decatur, for appellant.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Edmon L. Rinehart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

CATES, Judge.

On June 14, 1955, Hollis Powell was indicted by the Grand Jury of Morgan County of assaulting Palmer Smith with intent to murder. Tried to a jury in the circuit court, he was, on February 10, 1956, found guilty of assault and battery and fined $500, to which punishment the trial judge, pursuant to Code 1940, T. 15, § 328, added six…