Herrington v. State

The appellant was indicted in the Neshoba county circuit court of the crime of assault and battery, with intent to kill and murder Roy Gipson, was there convicted of simple assault, sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars and to serve sixty days in the county jail, and from this conviction he appeals here.

It appears that the prosecuting witness, Roj^ Gipson, accompanied by a lady, went to a place known as Riverside Camp, and while in a restaurant, some one took the shift keys of his car, rendering him unable to move or operate it. He became angry and had a good deal to say about the…