Denison v. State

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of assault with a dangerous weapon, rendered in the district court of McCurtain county on the 21st day of February, 1921, wherein plaintiff in error was sentenced to serve a term of five years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

The alleged assault occurred on the 23d day of April, 1920. The evidence on the part of the state discloses that the defendant, Stephen Denison, stabbed and wounded one Bryant Morris several times with a knife. A full statement of the facts is unnecessary.

Four propositions are advanced as grounds for reversal of this…