Johnson v. State

The appellant, Thomas E. Johnson, was convicted of assault with intent to murder. He appeals on the ground that the evidence, particularly with regard to intent, was insufficient to sustain the conviction. He was tried and found guilty by Judge Cullen, sitting without a jury, in the Criminal Court of Baltimore.

The victim of the assault is a sixteen-year old girl, Virginia, who is the mother of an illegitimate child whom she had by Johnson. There was evidence showing that Johnson had met Virginia’s mother at a shop across the street from the house where Virginia and her mother occupied an…