State v. Fine

In an information filed by the prosecuting attorney in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, defendant was charged with assault with intent to kill with malice aforethought. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged in the information, and assessed his punishment at imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of two years. He appealed from the judgment entered on the verdict.

The evidence presented for the State warrants the finding that one O.C. Samuels rented from defendant on shares five acres of ground owned by defendant's mother. On September 27, 1928, the following occurred:

Samuels…