Satterfield v. State

The plaintiff in error will be referred to as defendant, as in the court below.

From a conviction in the county court on a charge of assault and battery, the defendant has appealed. The evidence of the state sustains the allegations of the information. The defense is an alibi. The principal error complained of is the admission of incompetent evidence. The record discloses the following state of facts. Just before the conclusion of the trial, during the noon recess, while walking down the steps from the court-house, in the absence of the defendant, Hugh D. Fox, an attorney, who had volunteered…