3 Keyes 55 | NY | 1866
The statute under which this indictment . was found declares, among other things, that “ every person who shall be convicted of shooting at another, etc., with the intent to kill, maim, ravish or rob such other person,” etc., shall be punished by imprisonment in a State prison not more than ten years. (2 R. S. 665.)
The prisoner was indicted under this statute. To convict him thereof it must be proved that he violated some one of its provisions. It would seem that shooting at Baily, with intent to kill him, and hitting Mrs. Baily by mere mistake, does not prove him guilty of shooting at her with intent to kill her. But it is equally clear, however, that the prisoner might have been convicted under this indictment, of another
All the judges concurring, except Hunt and Mobg-ah, JJ.,
Judgment affirmed. ,