Jarman v. State

— Upon an indictment charging an assault with a premeditated design and intent to kill and murder Dave C. Jones, Leonard Jarman was found “guilty of an assault with intent to murder in second degree,” and on writ of error taken to a sentence on the verdict, it-is contended that the evidence does not sustain the verdict.

There is evidence of a personal difficulty between Dave C. Jones and Leonard Jarman. A witness testified: “they stood and talked awhile and Dave looked up at me, and as he did Leonard struck him with that stick and knocked him off in the edge of the ditch. Dave was not making…