Wyatt v. State

The parties will be referred to in this opinion as they appeared in the trial court. Adolph Wyatt, the defendant, was by information charged with assault with intent to kill, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to a term of seven years in the state penitentiary. Motion for new trial was filed, considered, overruled, exceptions saved, and defendant appeals.

The state, to maintain its charge, called Earl Inman, who in substance testified:

“My stepfather has a pool hall business at 9 West Frisco, in Oklahoma City; Claud and Adolph Wyatt are my uncles; the night of the shooting I had been to a…