Supreme Court of Missouri April 15, 1891 (State v. Mounce)

Gantt, P. J.

Defendant was indicted in the circuit court of Dent county, at its October term, 1888, for a felonious assault. The indictment charged that on the thirtieth day of May, 1888, in said county and state, he feloniously,’ on purpose and wilfully, with a pistol, assaulted one John W. McDonald with the intent to kill him.