SHIELDS v. STATE


270 S.W.2d 367 (1954)

SHIELDS v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 23, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meares & Thomas, Maryville, for plaintiff in error.

Knox Bigham, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


SWEPSTON, Justice.

Plaintiff in error was convicted of shooting a deadly missile into an automobile in violation of Code Section 10825, and was sentenced to 60 days in the workhouse. He has perfected his appeal and assigned error.

The first assignment goes to the preponderance of the evidence against the verdict.

Plaintiff in error admits that he fired a pistol shot into the rear fender of the automobile of one Ted Denton, and that, as the facts have...

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