Hawkins v. State

1. While it is not a crime in this State to point a pistol at another unintentionally, still the intention may be inferred from the circumstances surrounding the pointing.

2. While the court should not admit confessions or incriminatory admissions in a criminal case, without a preliminary hearing as to their being freely and voluntarily made, where there is anything in the testimony tending to show that they were not so made, or where the accused demands the preliminary investigation, still such evidence is not objectionable on the ground that it has not first been affirmatively disclosed that…