Walton v. State

W. T. Walton was indicted on a special presentment alleging eleven misdemeanors (assault and battery). Eight counts were nolprossed. The defendant was convicted on counts 3, 4, and 6. His motion for new trial was overruled, and he excepted.

I. The evidence for. the State amply authorized the verdict. The defendant, in the company of others on the dates named in the special presentment, went to the houses of E. K. Eamage, P. S. Toney, and Bert Harris. The jury were authorized to find that the general plan or scheme was to go to the homes of these persons, pose as officers of the law with fake…