Rollins v. State

The appellant was indicted for an assault and battery upon the person of Sylvester Cole, by shooting him with a gun loaded with powder and shot, with intent thereby to murder the said Cole.

Upon the trial of the cause by a jury, the following verdict was returned, viz.: “We, the jury, find the defendant guilty of assault and battery, and assess his punishment at imprisonment in the county jail for four months, and that he be fined in the sum of seventy-five dollars.

(Signed,) “ J. S. Heston, Foreman.”

Motion by the defendant for a venire de novo overruled, and exception. New trial denied, and…