Gaskin v. State

The accused was convicted of assault with intent to murder one Albritton. The only question with which we find it necessary to deal is whether, under the evidence, the judge should have charged the jury that they might find the accused guilty of the statutory offense of shooting at another. The accused was drunk, and shot at, or in the direction of, the prosecutor, the bullet striking within a few inches of him. It is apparent, from the evidence, that after becoming drunk the accused started out on a promiscuous shooting expedition. There was no motive for him to kill the prosecutor. It is…