State v. White

STONE, Presiding Judge;

In this criminal case written on reassignment, defendant was charged by information under Section 559.190 with an assault upon one Robert Duckworth with intent to do great bodily harm, a mixed felony for which the maximum punishment is imprisonment in the penitentiary for five years. (All statutory references herein are to RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S.) Upon trial, the jury found defendant guilty of common assault (on which the court also instructed) and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the county jail for six months and a fine of $100. Section 559.-220. We have…