Griffin v. State

Hamilton Griffin was found guilty of an assault with intent to murder and sentenced to a term of five years in State prison.

The assignments of error argued here may be reduced to three heads, vis: those based on the competency of three youths as witnesses, the refusal of certain requested instructions and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.

Three eye witnesses to the shooting were boys aged thirteen, fourteen and sixteen years respectively, and, at the prisoner’s request, they were examined by the court as to the pains and penalties of perjury. The intelligence and…