Waters v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted of the offense of making an assault on one Will Oliver with the intent to murder the said Oliver, and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

1. There was no error in the court refusing to quash the indictment. It is drawn in terms frequently approved by this court. (Branch’s Crim. Law, section 513.)

2. Appellant complains of the action of the court in overruling his motion for continuance. In approving the hill the court states: “Approved with the qualification that the subpoena was issued for the witness…