Lawson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.
1. • The indictment charged the defendant with unlawfully shooting at another, but embraced the minor offense of an assault as denounced by the Code of 1933, § 26-1401, which is as follows: “An assault is an attempt to commit a violent injury upon the person of another.” The verdict was: “We, the jury, find' the defendant guilty of an assault and attempt, and give him one year.” This verdict is attacked as void for uncertainty. “ Verdicts shall have a reasonable intendment, and shall *182receive a reasonable construction, and shall not be avoided unless from necessity.” Code of 1933, § 110-105.…
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