Davis v. Commonwealth

Sam Davis was tried upon his plea of not guilty to an indictment charging that he feloniously and maliciously committed an assault with a certain deadly weapon, to-wit, a high-powered automobile, by him “driven and run at, against, towards and upon” Sterling Jones and six other persons named in the indictment, who were riding in Jones’ ear; and that he did with the said automobile, “strike, cut, wound, bruise and otherwise injure, and otherwise cause bodily harm, with the intention in so doing * * * the parties above named, unlawfully and maliciously to maim, disfigure, disable and kill.” The…