Meredith v. State

Reeves, Associate Justice.

The indictment in this case charges the defendant with making an assault with intent “to kill and murder” one J. J. Harrell.

The appellant was tried and convicted and his pünish*481ment assessed by the jury at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

His motion for a new trial and motion to arrest the judgment being overruled, he appeals.

The grounds relied upon for reversing the judgment will be examined in the order appellant’s counsel has presented them in his brief.

The first ground is, that it does not appear from the indictment that any offense had been committed…