White v. People

This is an indictment in the Circuit Court of Christian ■County against the plaintiff in error for assault with intent to •commit murder upon the person of one W. A. Jordan by shooting him. He was found guilty by the jury, and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary.

The material facts are as follows : On March 24, 1890, the plaintiff in error and one Robbins appeared in the village of ■ Assumption in said county, where they were strangers and had; never been seen before, with a number of revolvers and knives ■ in their possession, some of which they sold to citizens of that place at…