Cason v. State

Plaintiff in error, Allen Cason, was indicted and tried upon a charge of assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree. The verdict returned found him guilty as charged. To review the judgment imposing sentence upon him writ of error was taken from this court.

There are a number of assignments of error, but generally they may be grouped under three heads, namely; (1) the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict; (2) the failure of the trial court to instruct the jury upon the law applicable to lower degrees of offense charged in the indictment than assault with intent to…