Hornish v. People

Frank W. Hornish ivas indicted, in the Circuit Court of Coles county, for an assault upon Horace S. Clark, with intent to commit -murder, and on trial before a jury, was convicted, and his punishment was fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of five jmars. The court, thereupon, after denying his motion for a new trial, pronounced sentence ■upon him in accordance with said verdict, and the record is now brought to this court by writ of error.

The evidence shows that, on the 15th day of December,. 1891, at about seven o’clock in the evening, the defendant met Clark in a public…