Commonwealth v. Soudani

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

The defendant was convicted of aggravated assault and battery, and of assault with intent to kill, both offenses arising from the same circumstances. The lesser penalty imposed for the misdemeanor was made to run concurrently with the sentence for the felony. This is the defendant’s appeal from the judgments of sentence imposed.

In the light of the verdict these facts may be taken as established. The defendant and Alice E. French were married on May 20, 1948, somewhat more than one year after he first came to the United States. He was a native of Jordan in the Middle East…