Word v. State

The appellant was convicted in the circuit court of Attala county under an indictment charging that Walter Word (omitting the formal parts) “did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously make an assault with a certain deadly weapon, to-wit, a knife, and with said deadly weapon and knife did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, cut, wound and bruise one Frank Heard, a human being, with the wilful and felonious intent then and there with his malice aforethought to kill and murder.”

N:o point is made as to the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the facts alleged in the…