Supreme Court of Florida January 15, 1908 (Washington v. State)

Parkhill, J.

—The plaintiff in error, John Washington, who will be called the defendant, was indicted for an assault upon one Mathew Williams, with a deadly weapon, a pistol, from a premeditated design to effect the death of the said Williams. The verdict of the jury was as follows: “We the jury find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault with intent to murder, so say we all.