State v. Leslie

This is an appeal from a sentence of 6 to 18 years in the penitentiary. The crime is cutting with a dangerous weapon with intent to commit murder.

The defendant relies on errors alleged to have been committed to his prejudice which are embraced in 14 bills of exception.

The crime charged against the defendant resulted from a general family row between the defendant on the one part and his sister and her son and son-in-law on the other. The fracas occurred on a public road near the defendant’s house and some 200 yards from the house of the other participants.

As a sequence to the difficulty the…