Parsons v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of pointing gun at another; from city court of Tifton —Judge E. Eve. December 14, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
1. To warrant a conviction under section 349 of the Penal Code of 1910, of pointing a weapon at another, it must be charged that the gun or pistol was intentionally pointed or aimed at another (Herrington v. State, 121 Ga. 141, 48 S. E. 908), or the language used in the accusation or indictment must be such as to raise no other implication than that the pointing and aiming was intentional (Livingston v. State, 6 Ga. App. 208 (64 S. E. 709); and this intent must appear also from the proof (Woodruff v. Woodruff, 22 Ga. 237), though it is not essential . for the State to show that the pointing…
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