Hood v. State

The defendant was indicted for assault with intent to murder and found guilty of shooting at another. The person alleged to have been the victim testified that the defendant shot at him with a rifle, and the bullet grazed his shoulder and lodged in the side of the house. This was sufficient to authorize the verdict of guilty of shooting at another, and the judge did not err in overruling the motion for new trial for the reason that thp evidence did not authorize the verdict.

The defendant contends that there was proof that a witness for the State had been convicted of simple larceny; and that…