Hill v. State

George Hill was indicted for an assault upon the body of Q. T). Vail. The pertinent part of the indictment reads: “Upon their oaths present that George Hill in said county, on the 1st day of July, A. D. 1929, did willfully and unlawfully upon the body of Q. D. Vail make an assault with his hands and did then and there with his said hands did then and there unlawfully grab, seize, choke and shove the said Q. D. Vail contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state of Mississippi. ’ ’

There was a demurrer to this indictment based…