State v. Taschler

The defendant was indicted for assault with intent to kill and murder. At trial, he was found guilty of the lesser included offense of aggravated assault. All questions of law raised by exceptions were reserved and transferred by Keller, C.J.

On the night of October 6, 1973, and in the early morning hours of October 7, 1973, the defendant had been a patron at a local drinking establishment in Penacook called The Buggy Barn. The defendant left the tavern to move his car, a blue station wagon, off the street and into a nearby parking lot. Officer John Reilly of the Concord Police Department,…