Cooke v. State

Appeal from Circuit Court, St. Clair County; O. A. Steele, Judge. William P. Cooke was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and he appeals. The following charges were refused to the defendant: (3) “If the jury believe from the evidence that one W. L. Steed told the defendant, on the evening or night before the alleged shooting at about 8 o’clock the next morning, that Dr. Willbanks had told or directed him (said Steed) to ■ tell defendant that, unless defendant came to Willbanks’ house and signed a paper, Will-banks would kill defendant before the sun went down to-morrow night, then if…