Terry v. State

The indictment in this case charges G. B. Terry with committing the offense of assault with intent to murder by shooting at Claude Dupree “with a certain pistol, the same being a weapon likely to produce death.” A jury found the defendant guilty of the crime charged, the defendant's motion for a new trial was overruled, and the defendant excepted.

*344Claude Dupree testified in substance that, at a time when he had no weapon and was attempting to escape in a wagon from the defendant and others who were after him, the defendant, who was about five feet from him, shot at him six times with a pistol…