Tackett v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

— Affirming.

Appellant, A. L. Tackett, was indicted, tried, and convicted in the Floyd circuit court for willfully and maliciously shooting at Lora K. Preston, without wounding her, one of the offenses denounced by section 1166 of our present statutes. His punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a period of three years, and from the judgment of conviction he prosecutes this appeal, and by his counsel urges as grounds for reversal: (1), The insufficiency of the indictment and error of the court in overruling defendant’s demurrer filed…