People v. Conley

The respondent was convicted of an assault upon oné Anna Bemiss with intent to d'o great bodily harm less than the crime of murder.

1. It is insisted that there was no evidence of any intent to do the great bodily harm contemplated by the statute, and that the court should, as requested, have directed a verdict of not guilty. It is argued that the case is ruled by People v. Ross, 66 Mich. 96; People v. Lennon, 71 Mich. 298; and People v. Pearl, 76 Mich. 208.

Mrs. Bemiss and respondent owned adjoining land. Bitter feeling had for a long time existed between them, owing to a dispute as to their…