Hilliard v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault and his punishment' assessed at a fine of $200 and imprisonment in the county -jail for ninety days.

The evidence discloses that Adams, the alleged assaulted party, a white man, and appellant, a negro, had known each other practically all their lives, lived neighbors and were always on friendly terms. Appellant’s daughter and another negro girl at his home had gone something like one hundred yards from the residence after wood. This was in the evening. A son of Adams and a relative drove by in an auto and accosted the…