Boydston v. State

The defendant was indicted, tried, and convicted, for the offense of assault, with intent to murder Luther Campbell, a deputy . sheriff. The difficulty occurred on Sunday at a .church in the Ider neighborhood in DeKalb county at a time when a “big singing” was being held. The undisputed testimony shows that he shot at Campbell several times with a pistol in close proximity and that Campbell also shot at him. There was some evidence to the effect that the defendant was under the influence of liquor and created some disturbance at or near the church, and that Campbell, the deputy sheriff,…