Rains v. State

Appellant was charged by indictment with an assault on one George Goar with intent to commit murder in the' first degree. A trial by jury resulted in his being convicted of an assault with the intent to commit the felonious crime of manslaughter, and over his motion for a new trial, he was sentenced by the court to be imprisoned in tno State prison, north, for a period of not less than two and not more than fourteen years.

The only errors discussed by counsel for appellant are based on the action of the trial court in denying the motion for a new trial. This motion enumerated some thirty-five…