Smith v. State

The defendant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and assigns error on the overruling of his motion for a new trial. All the special grounds of the motion for a new trial relate to the charge of the court. The charge when considered as a whole and in the light of the evidence shows no reversible error. The evidence did not demand a charge on the offense of shooting at another. Intent is a matter of mind and is evidenced by external circumstances capable of proof, and there was ample evidence to show that defendant shot with premeditation and with deliber*644ate intent to kill. The…