State v. Birzer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

William Birzer was charged with shooting at named persons, with intent to kill, under R. S. 21-431, and was found guilty of endangering the lives of such persons under circumstances which would have constituted murder or manslaughter if death had ensued, *415under R. S. 21-435. He has appealed, and contends that the evidence does not support the verdict, and that under the showing made a new trial should have been granted.

On the evening of September 5,1927, Mary Zecha, a young woman about nineteen years of age, who resided with her parents on a…