State v. Brady

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poché, J.

Lnlre Brady appeals from a conviction and a sentence to hard labor for one year, under an indictment which charged that Luke Brady and Peter Paul “did willfully, maliciously and feloniously assault one P. O. Nugent by willfully shooting at him,” * * *

I-Iis complaint embraces four bills of exception, the substance of which, as suggested by his counsel, turns upon a proper construction of Section 792 of the Revised Statutes, under which the indictment rests and which reads as follows:

“ Whoever shall assault another by willfully shooting.at him,…