State v. Dowd

Appellant was indicted in tlie circuit court of Miller County for the crime of assault with intent to kill by shooting W. E. Davis, a policeman, in Texarkana, on the 26th day of November, 19'28. On the trial of the cause he was convicted of an aggravated assault, and, as a punishment therefor, was adjudged to pay a fine of $50 and serve a term of thirty days in the county jail. An appeal has been duly prosecuted to this court by the State, to ascertain whether the trial court did not err in giving appellant’s requested instructions numbers 21 and 28, over its objection and exception. The…