Davis v. State

This defendant was charged by indictment, and convicted, for the offense of assault with intent to murder; the specific charge being that he unlawfully .and with malice aforethought did assault Arthur Gentry with the intent to murder him. Under the defendant’s plea of “Not guilty,” the issues were clearly defined, but notwithstanding this the evidence was permitted to take a wide scope, under the court’s rulings, and the main. trial seems to have centered around the proposition as to whether or not this defendant was guilty of a violation of the prohibition law.

The facts as shown by the…