People v. Degnen

Defendant was tried under an indictment in two counts. The first count, shortened by the omission of mere formal statements, reads that defendant “is accused ... of a felony, to-wit, assault with intent to murder, committed at and in the County of Los Angeles ... as follows, to-wit: That, on or about the 30th day of July, 1923, . . . the said defendant did willfully, unlawfully and feloniously and with malice aforethought by means of a certain deadly weapon, to-wit, a certain cord capable of strangling and killing, and with his hands, feet and body, make an assault upon the person of” the…