Payne v. State

Ralph Payne, the defendant in the lower court, was by information charged with mayhem; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to a term of four years in the state penitentiary, from which judgment and sentence he appeals.

Arthur Trammell, a witness for the state, in substance stated:

“I am acquainted with Ralph Payne and Orval Grim. On June 22, 1935, I was running a filling station at 283 South Cheyenne. About 9 o’clock in the morning Ralph Payne came to the filling station and told me to give him four gallon of gasoline. While I was servicing the car, Orval Grim came up, got out of his car, and…