Commonwealth v. Vanmeter

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Hurt

Affirming.

The appellee, Manuel Vanmeter, was indicted by the grand jury of the Montgomery circuit court, on the 28th day of October, 1919, for the offense of discharging a deadly weapon on a public highway, other than in the defense of his person or property. This offense is one denounced by section 1308 Kentucky Statutes, which is as follows:

“If any person shall draw a deadly weapon upon another, or shall point a deadly weapon at another, or shall hold or flourish whether said weapon shall be loaded or unloaded, or use in a threatening or boisterous manner,…