Childs v. State

The defendant was charged in the district court of Pottawatomie county with the crime of attempt to kill; was tried, convicted, and sentenced to serve a term of two* years in the penitentiary, and has appealed.

It is first contended by defendant that the court erred in giving instructions Nos. 7 and 9, and in refusing to give requested- instructions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4', and 5.

Defendant was charged with attempt to kill under Oklahoma Statutes 1931, § 1873, 21 Okla. St. Ann. § 652, which is as follows:

“Every person who intentionally and wrongfully shoots, shoots at, or attempts to shoot at another,…