Hall v. State

Wright Hall was charged with committing the offense of assault with intent to murder by shooting John Armstrong with a pistol on July 5, 1930, in Miller county. A jury found the defendant guilty and recommended that he be punished as for a misdemeanor, and the court sentenced him to serve twelve months on the State farm. He excepts to the judgment overruling his motion for a new trial.

John Armstrong, sworn for the State, testified in part as follows: "He [the defendant] shot me with a pistol in Miller county, Georgia, on July 5, 1930. He shot me in the daytime, early in the morning. It was at…