Turner v. State

1. The defendant was indicted for a violation of section 513 of the Penal Code (1910). The language of the indictment conforms substantially to that used in the statute. The instrument used was alleged to be “an iron article the exact character of which is to said grand jurors unknown.” The manner of making the attempt was alleged to be by placing the iron article on the railroad of the Georgia Bailroad & Banking Company. The defendant filed a special demurrer to the indictment, because the train which it was claimed the defendant attempted to wreck was not described, and because the means or…