People v. Dodini

PREWETT, P. J., pro tem.

The defendant was convicted of the crime of an assault with a deadly weapon and he brings this appeal upon the grounds of misconduct of the district attorney and insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict. At the time of the assault the defendant and the complaining witness were neighbors, living about half a mile apart. At the time in question certain cattle, the property of the defendant, strayed into and upon the premises of the complaining witness. The latter, assisted by several other persons, was making an effort to drive the cattle away when the…