Watkins v. State

The evidence was not very precise either as to the weapon used in the assault for which the defendant was convicted, ■or as to the venue; but we think there was enough to support the ■verdict. The prosecutrix did not distinctly state the weapon with which the shooting was done. But the defense showed that he had •and was shooting a pistol that evening, though the scene of the .■shooting was located by the witnesses for him elsewhere than the .scene of the crime, at about the time when it occurred. The jury, mo doubt, believed he had a pistol “about the time” the offense was committed, but…