Washington v. State

Appellant was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and given two years' confinement in the penitentiary, from which conviction he prosecutes this appeal. It appears from the record that appellant shot at one Edwards, missed him, and killed one Black. Appellant was tried and convicted of the murder of Black. He was then placed on trial under this indictment for an assault with intent to kill and murder Edwards. He attempted to plead in bar of this prosecution the judgment of conviction for the murder of Black. If the plea had been in proper form, containing what the law requires, it…