State v. Amos

One Kid Amos was proceeded against on information of-the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis and in the circuit court of that city for a felonious assault, as it is charged, in that he feloniously, etc., shot at one McTigue with a loaded pistol with intent, feloniously, etc., to kill. On a trial he was found guilty of a common assault and his punishment fixed at imprisonment for six months in the city jail. From this sentence and judgment the defendant prayed an appeal to this court and, the appeal being allowed, filed a recognizance in the sum of *214$500 with surety, conditioned that the…