Goff v. State

Edgar Goff, hereinafter called the defendant, was tried in the district court for Otoe county under section 16 of the criminal code for a felonious assault. He was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years. He now prosecutes error to this court. Section 16 is as follows: “If any person shall maliciously shoot, stab, cut or shoot at any other person, with intent to kill, wound, or maim such person, every person so offending shall be imprisoned in the. penitentiary not more than twenty years nor less than one year.”

TTis first contention is that the information upon…