State v. Sale

The evidence tends to show that while defendant and one Richardson (the two having been previously well acquainted and on good terms) were, together with others, in a stall at the fair grounds in Shenandoah, remarks were addressed by Richardson to defendant charging dishonesty of the latter, to the disadvantage of the former, in connection with a game of cards on the previous evening; that the two men approached each other in a hostile attitude, and, although bystanders interposed themselves between them, Richardson struck the defendant, and defendant struck and cut, or at least attempted to…