Peebles v. State

In the case of Johnson v. State, 92 Ga. 36, it was held that administering poison to another with intent to take his life was an assault, and that putting poison into coffee, with the intent and purpose that the same should be partaken of by another in ignorance of the presence of the poison, amounted to an administration of the poison, when the intended victim actually drank of the coffee. In the present case, the poison was put in a well, with the intention that, others should be killed by drinking the water; but the design of the accused was defeated, because the presence of the poison in…