State v. Johnson

charging the jury:

Gentlemen of the jury: — Peter Johnson, the prisoner, is charged in this indictment with having committed an assault upon John F. Brennan with intent to commit murder, on the morning of the 26th day of September last, neard Third Street bridge, in this city.

The crime charged embraces two elements: (1) An assault, which has been defined to be an attempt with force and violence to do injury to the person of another; and (2) an intent to commit murder.

In order to convict the accused, in manner and form as he stands indicted, it is necessary for the state to satisfy you, beyond…