State v. Wilson

Defendant was convicted under an information charging, to quote the charge, that he “did shoot J. C. Glenn with a dangerous weapon, to wit: a pistol and a rifle, with the intent to commit murder,” and was sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than eight nor more than twelve years. He relies on three bills of exception for a reversal.

Bills numbered 1 and 3 were taken to the overruling of a motion to quash and of a motion in arrest of judgment. As both bills present the same question, namely-, whether the information charges an offense known to the law, they may be considered together.

Defen…