Crawley v. State

1. The two Crawleys were indicted for assault with intent to murder, upon one Dangler, and were convicted of assault and battery. Under the testimony of the prosecutor, Felix Crawley used opprobrious language to him, whereupon he took up a plow handle, admittedly a deadly weapon, and attempted to strike Felix, hut missed him. As he was going toward Felix, he discovered that the other brother, Decatur Crawley, was coming on *96to him with a hoe. Then he turned his attention to Decatur, but received a lick from the hoe; and about the same time, Felix, who had obtained a rock, struck him with that.…