Lewis v. State

The defendant, Tom Lewis, was tried on an indictment charging him with assault with intent to murder. Upon the trial the accused was convicted of unlawfully shooting at another; his motion for a new trial was denied, and that judgment is assigned as error.

1. The defendant “insists that the court committed reversible error in omitting from his charge to the jury and in his failure to charge the jury fully and fairly the respective contentions of the State and the accused.” While it is the duty of the judge in the trial of a criminal case to state both the contentions of the State and of the…