People v. Jacobus

The indictment charged:

“ The Grand Jury of the County of Tioga, by this indictment, accuse George Jacobus of the crime of Discharging a Firearm, *224a Misdemeanor, in Violation of Section 1906 1., a., (1), of the Penal Law committed as follows:

“ The said George Jacobus, on or about the 29th day of October, 1960, at the Town of Nichols in this county, did wilfully discharge a species of firearm, to wit., a single shot 410 gauge shot-gun, otherwise than in self defense or in the discharge of official duty, in a public place, to wit, a public highway Imown as Sibley Road, and in a place where there…