Gilford v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant was indicted in the District Court of Walker County charged with assault with intent to murder one John Nixon. On trial he was convicted, and his punishment assessed at confinement in the State penitentiary for a term of seven years. He has appealed to this court, and seeks a reversal of the judgment of conviction on many grounds, the more important of which we will now consider.

1. Among other things, it is urged that the indictment on which appellant was tried is insufficient, and that the -court erred in overruling his motion in arrest -of judgment. This indictment,…