Winner v. State

The indictment in this case charges, in separate counts, that the appellant assaulted Robert Hawkins with intent to kill, to maim, to disfigure and to disable, and there is a final count charging assault and battery. The trial resulted in conviction on the last count. A sentence of imprisonment in the House of Correction for the period of twelve months was imposed. In the course of the trial thirteen exceptions were taken to rulings on the admissibility of evidence, and these present the only questions to be decided on appeal.

The assault was committed on the afternoon of Sunday, It arch.…