State v. Stark

The defendant was indicted for an assauLt upon William Webb with intent to kill. At the March term, 1880, of the Bates circuit court, he was tried, found guilty and sentenced to two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. He appealed from the judgment, and the points relied upon for a reversal will be noticed in the order in which they are made in the brief of his counsel.

1. Practice, Criminal: assistant to prosecuting attorney. Mr. C. C. Bassett, an attorney at law, was employed to assist the prosecuting attorney, and made the statement of case to the jury. Because section 1908, Revised…