State v. Leonard

From a judgment of conviction of the offense of assault with a dangerous weapon, and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals. On the evening of August 14, 1929, defendant was reclining in the back seat of a Ford car on a farm in Tripp county and displaying a loaded automatic revolver. Evidence on behalf of the state shows that James McGrew came up to the car and told defendant to put away the revolver as he might hurt somebody, or he would take it from him and beat him over the head with it. Further words passed between them which one witness calls “chewing the rag,” which…