State v. McKinney

Poeeenbarger, Judge: .

Having been convicted of the malicious shooting of J. G. McKinney, the plaintiff in error, London McKinney, complains of the judgment entered on the verdict, which imposes upon him imprisonment in the Penitentiary of this State, for the period of six years.

An assignment of error is based upon the overruling of a motion to quash the indictment, but nothing is said in argument in support thereof. The indictment is in the usual form and no defect therein is perceived.

A statement of .the peculiar facts of the case is necessary to a clear comprehension of the other rulings…