Brasseale v. State
Brasseale v. State
Opinion of the Court
The evidence discloses the fact that the defendant met the person assaulted in the public road, began a conversation, which resulted in an assault by the defendant, and during the affray, and while it was in progress, defendant pulled his knife from his pocket, opened it, and cut the prosecutor. It also appears that the defendant is the father-in-law of the prosecutor, the prosecutor having married in March before the difficulty. ' .
“The court charges the jury that if, after considering all the evidence in this ease, you have a reasonable doubt that the defendant assaulted Albert Braswell with the intent to murder him, yon can find the defendant guilty of an assault with intent to murder.”
The giving of this charge was clearly error. It is possible that this was on oversight. But for this charge the jury might, from the evidence, have found the defendant guilty of a lower degree of crime, and the giving of this charge was prejudicial to the rights of the defendant-
For the error pointed out, the judgment of the court is reversed, and the cause is remanded.
Reversed and remanded.
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