Hancock v. State

Upon an information charging assault with intent to commit murder in the first degree, the plaintiff in error (hereinafter designated as the defendant) was tried and convicted of the offense of assault with intent to commit manslaughter. To that' judgment writ of error was taken.

The evidence discloses that George IT. Hancock and J. P. Halsema, the former a son of the defendant, were purchasing from Dr. Wildman, the victim of the assault, a drug store located in Miami, Florida. The purchasers had been given possession of the store and were operating and managing the same, the defendant…