Kendrick v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. April 18, 1901. Kendrick was convicted, upon an indictment for assault with intent to murder, of unlawfully shooting at another. He moved on the general grounds for a new trial, and he excepted to the denial of the same.
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Indictment for assault with intent to murder. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. April 18, 1901. Kendrick was convicted, upon an indictment for assault with intent to murder, of unlawfully shooting at another. He moved on the general grounds for a new trial, and he excepted to the denial of the same. The evidence showed that he went, at night, to a house where his wife, who was living separate from him, was staying, broke a door and a window, threw brickbats and fired pistol-shots into the house, and, after exchanging shots with Zena Dixon and perhaps being wounded, and as she was…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
The only question to be considered in this case is, whether the verdict was contrary to law and’ the evidence. The accused was tried under an indictment charging him with the offense of assault with intent to murder, and the jury found him guilty of the statutory offense of “ shooting at another.” He made a motion for a new trial, upon the general grounds, which was overruled, and he excepted. The indictment charged that he made an assault upon one Zeno Dixon with certain pistols, and that he “did unlawfully, wilfully, deliberately, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought, shoot at said…
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