State v. Watson

Robert Watson, Joseph Watson and Joseph Burroughs were convicted of felonious assault with intent to do great bodily harm and prosecute this appeal. Robert Watson received a sentence of three years' imprisonment in the Intermediate Reformatory for Boys at Algoa, Missouri. Joseph Watson and Joseph Burroughs were each sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.

[1] Defendants contend instruction No. 1, submitting felonious assault with intent to do great bodily harm under Sec. 4409, R.S. 1939,* was erroneous "for the reason that it is broader than the proof and the information."

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