State v. Hoffman

Defendant was indicted for an assault with. *257intent to kill Orson 33. Miller, and on a trial of tire cause, at the March term, 1882, of the Stoddard circuit court, was found guilty and his punishment assessed at ten years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.

1. mbally-weafoks: pleading, criminal. Erom the jxidgment he has appealed to this court, and-contends that the indictment is defective because it is not alleged- therein that the pistol “ loaded with p0W-<jer and leaden balls,” with which the shooting is charged to have been done, is a deadly weapon. Where the indictment alleges that the…