Buchanan v. State

Appeal from the county court of Lincoln county. Conviction for pointing weapon at another, with punishment assessed at fine of $50 and imprisonment in county jail for three months. Among errors assigned are the insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and refusal to direct the jury to find defendant not guilty.

This prosecution is based on sections 1999 and 2000, Compiled Statutes 1921, which read as follows:

“It shall be unlawful for any person to point any pistol or any other deadly weapon, whether loaded or not, at any person or persons, either in anger or otherwise.

“Any person…