State v. Evans

Defendant was charged with, and convicted of, the crime of second degree assault. His only assignment of error in the appeal to this court is that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict.

The evidence brought forth the following facts: January 13, 1948, David M. Stitt anchored his boat, the “Service,” near shore in Obstruction Pass. Shortly after, two other boats, the “Pixie,” owned by Peter A. Troen, and the “Sin-bad,” owned by Arthur Hoffman, anchored nearby. As he anchored the “Service,” Mr. Stitt heard four shots, fired-from the shore. The bullets from the gun came so close to…