Prater v. State

'Wade, J.

• 1. The charge in the indictment, that the assault was made with a shotgun, and that it was “a weapon likely to produce death,” was sufficiently proved by showing the wounds, how they were made, and that the weapon used was in fact a shotgun, and was loaded with shot. Turner v. State, 57 Ga. 107.

2. A ’conviction 'of assault with intent to murder, based on either direct or circumstantial evidence, may be upheld although no particular motive for the commission of the offense is apparent and the jury may be unable to determine from the evidence what the defendant’s motive really was.…