1883 Ind. Acts 1712, Pointing or Aiming Firearms a Misdemeanor, chap. 87, § 6678.
. . . [I]t shall be unlawful for any person over the age of ten years, with or without malice, purposely to point or aim any pistol, gun, revolver, or other firearm, either loaded or empty, at or toward any other person, and any person so offending shall be guilty of an unlawful act, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than five hundred dollars.