Davis v. State

1. The defendant was indicted for assault with intent to murder, and was convicted of assault and battery. The evidence demanded the verdict; and any errors in the charge of the court were immaterial, because they were not prejudicial to the accused.

2. Upon the trial of one accused of an offense in the perpetration of which malice is an essential ingredient, evidence as to the conduct and sayings of the accused shortly after he made the assault may be admissible to characterize the quo animo with which the deed was committed.. Revel v. State, 26 Ga. 275; Johnson v. State, 88 Ga. 203 (14 S. E.…