State v. Walker

<p>Appeal from Johnson. Tried below before the Hon, Charles Soward.</p> <p>The indictment against Walker charged that he, " upon the body of one J. C. Eastham, * did make an assault with a certain pistol, said pistol being then and there a deadly weapon, and charged with gunpowder and leaden balls, which he, the said John Walker, then and there had and held in his right hand, with the intent him, the said Eastham, then and there feloniously, and with malice aforethought, to kill and murder, against,” etc.</p> <p>A demurrer to the indictment was sustained, and the State appealed.</p>