State v. Washington

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Watkins, J.

The information charges that the defendant did “ feloniously, wilfully and maliciously cut Caroline Thompson with a dangerous weapon, viz., a hatchet, with intent to commit murder; ” and he having been convicted of said charge and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in the penitentiary, prosecutes this appeal.

*1362Counsel made a motion for a new trial on the sole ground that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the law and evidence, and it having been overruled, he filed a motion in arrest of judgment on the ground that the information does…