(KNZA)--The jury trial for a Wathena man facing a charge of aggravated battery in connection with an altercation in April that left the victim needing surgery for facial injuries has been pushed back.

Ryan Smith had been scheduled to go on trial last week in Doniphan County District Court on the felony charge.  However, his trial was postponed to February 14th.    

Smith was arrested April 17th after a Doniphan County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a farm north of Wathena.

He’s accused of attacking J.T. Euler while he was in the cab of a tractor at the location planting corn after confronting Euler about who had permission to hunt on the property.