foreknowledge of the act, coupled with the desire of it.

Pollock defines intention as,

“the wish or desire accompanying an act having regard not only to the act itself but to
the consequences to be produced.”

unusual case of homicide. Suppose a grave felony is about to

be committed under such circumstances that killing the offender
to prevent the crime would be justified by law. At that very
moment he is shot and killed. If the slayer was prompted by the
impulse to promote the social security by preventing the felony
he is guilty of no offense. If he had no such impulse but merely
acted upon the urge to satisfy an old grudge by killing a personal
enemy, he is guilty of murder.5" The intent is the same in either
case, - to kill the person. The difference between innocence
and guilt lies in the motive which prompted this intent.
54 See Thomas v. State, 34 Okla. Cr. 63, 67, 244 Pac. ii6, 1117 (1926).