Carroll v. State

The indictment charged Leonard Carroll with assault with intent to murder by shooting Glen Copeland with a pistol. The defendant was found guilty of unlawfully shooting at another. His motion for a new trial, based only upon general grounds, was overruled, and he excepted.

The defendant was an employee at the Grantville Hosiery Mill, and Glen Copeland represented a life-insurance company which was carrying group insurance on the employees of the mill. Copeland called at the defendant’s residence to see about insurance. The defendant was at the mill at the time, but his wife and two other…