Rice v. State

Indictment against tbe appellant for assault with intent to murder. Motion to quash overruled. Trial, conviction, and judgment; a new trial being denied.

' The indictment charges that the defendant, on, &c., at, &c., “in and upon one William M. Spradley, then and there being, feloniously and unlawfully did make an assault, and. with a certain pistol, which he, the said Commodore Rice, in his right hand then and there held, feloniously and unlawfully did aim and shoot at him the said William M. Spradley, with the intent then and there,” &c.

The objection to the indictment is, that it does not…