State v. . Haynie

The following is the evidence:

J. N. West, the prosecuting witness, testified that he was at Rector's Hotel, in Marshall, at supper; that Peter Haynie, the defendant, was looking through the window of the room, with an open knife in his hand, and that Haynie called to him, "Hello, little nigger; what are you doing here?" And he replied,"I eat here; what are you doing here? You had better be at home with your wife and babies, cutting wood," etc. After some jesting remarks passed between (1266) the two in the dining room, Haynie went out, and in a little while came back to the door and said to…