Clary v. State

Claud Clary was convicted of an assault with intent to wound one Charles Wright. The record is here for review without a bill of exceptions.

The instructions in the case are numerous and lengthy. Eleven were given on request of the state, twenty-three were submitted by defendant and four were given by the court on its own motion. It is not now suggested that any point in the case was not covered by the charge, but it is urged that certain paragraphs of the instructions are erroneous, among others, the following: “2. The credit of a witness depends largely upon two things, that is, first his…