FLEMING, J.
Alphonso Dickerson was charged with assault with intent to murder (Pen. Code, § 217). Represented by the public defender, he waived trial by jury and had his case tried by the court. He was convicted of the lesser offense of assault by force likely to produce great bodily injury (Pen. Code, § 245).
Mrs. Gertrude Devezin, the complaining witness, a widow, knew Dickerson slightly and occasionally employed him to run errands for her. On...
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