Graham v. State

The appellant was indicted, tried, and convicted for the violation of section 342, Elliott’s Supp. He appealed from the judgment, and assigns as error:

1. That the facts stated in the indictment do not constitute a public offense.

2. ' That the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial.

The indictment is assailed for the first time in this court.

The substantial parts of the indictment are “That *498Charles Graham, on the 26th day of February, in the year 1893, at the county of Noble, in the State of Indiana, did then and there unlawfully and purposely point and aim a certain firearm, to…