Pittman v. State

JONES, Judge.

The defendant Lee Pittman was charged by an information filed in the District Court of Custer County with the crime of assault and battery with intent to kill his wife, Inez Pittman; was tried, convicted and in accordance with the verdict of the jury was sentenced to serve five years imprisonment in the penitentiary and has appealed.

Two assignments of error are presented in the brief of defendant, to-wit: (1) The trial court erred in giving instructions numbered seven and eight, pertaining to the law of self-defense. (2) The trial court erred in admitting in evidence the…