Edgar v. State

Appellant was convicted of an assault with intent to commit murder upon one Nicholas. The indictment alleges that the defendant “did then and there unlawfully, wilfully, and feloniously and of his malice aforethought shoot at the said J. C. Nicholas” with the said intent.

The scene of this assault was a crap game, and the drama followed an established pattern. Defendant, en route to the gambling rendezvous, picked up one Will Wilbur, who, for reasons best known to himself, placed in defendant’s care and custody an automatic pistol. This bit of traditional stage property was retained by…