Leonard v. State

Hall, Justice.

The defendant, Walter Leonard, was jointly indicted with Lewis Page and Allen Maxwell, for assault with *765intent to murder Nelson D. Martin. There was but one count in the indictment, charging all the defendants as principals in the first degree. The evidence showed that Page shot and wounded the prosecutor, Martin, with a pistol, which had been furnished him, after the quarrel sprung up, by the defendant, and he and Maxwell were present and aided and abetted in the shooting ; in fact, that they pushed Page on the prosecutor and encouraged him, both by word and action, to do ihe…