Lyon v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.

Appellant, Whitlock Lyon, was accused hy indictment in the Fulton circuit court of the crime of maliciously striking and wounding IT. D. Scott, with intent to kill the said Scott, and being tried was found guilty of assault and battery and his punishment fixed by the jury at a fine of $500.00 and ten months at hard labor in the county jail. Being dissatisfied with this judgment, he appeals.

While the appellant in his brief relies principally upon the grounds that the verdict against him is not sustained by the evidence and was the result of passion…