Hakam

The defendant was convicted of an assault with a deadly weapon. It is contended that the verdict is not supported by the evidence, and that the defendant was prejudiced by the admission of incompetent evidence which tended to prove another offense against him.

We are of the opinion that the evidence amply supports the verdict. The defendant Ali Hakam is a native of Afghanistan. .Together with a fellow countryman, he was engaged in harvesting a crop of rice on the Spaulding ranch in .Glenn County, California. For this purpose they had employed the prosecuting witness, Ben L. Blackburn and his two cousins. September 14, 1928, they were engaged in cutting and binding the grain. About 4 o’clock in the afternoon, while Blackburn was driving a Fordson tractor, the defendant visited the vicinity in his automobile, and taking a shovel on his shoulder crossed the field and intercepted the tractor, where he accosted the prosecuting witness, severely criticising the character of his work and inquiring in sarcasm if that was the best work he could do. A controversy followed, during which time Blackburn remained seated on the tractor while the defendant stood near by with his shovel in hand.…