Andrews v. State

The accused was convicted of a violation of section 511 of the Penal Code of 1895, as amended by the act of 1905 (Acts 1905, p. 86), which section, as amended, reads as follows: “Any person who shall throw a rock or other missile at, towards, or into any car of any passenger-train upon any railroad or street-railroad, or shoot any gun, pistol, or firearms of any kind at, towards, or into any such car, or shoot, while in such car, any gun, pistol, or other weapon of any kind, shall be punished,” etc. Penal Code (1910), § 512. The indictment specifically charged that the accused “did unlawfully…