Anderson v. State

1. To constitute the offense of assault with intent to murder, there must be an assault by one person upon another, with a weapon likely to produce death in the manner in which it is used, the assault must be actuated by malice, either express or implied, and made with the specific intent to kill the person assaulted. Reddick v. State, 11 Ga. App. 150 (74 S. E. 901).

2. The indictment charged the defendant with the offense of assault with intent to murder by the use of a knife “and other sharp instrument, . . the same being a weapon likely to produce death.” The evidence for the State showed…