State v. McClanahan

The defendant was indicted under the 23d Sec. of the Act of May 4, 1805, for unlawfully, on purpose and of his malice aforethought, disabling the hand of Andrew Hart, with the intent in so doing, of disabling the said Hart.

The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for two years.

From this sentence, after ineffectual attempts to obtain a new trial and to arrest the judgment, this appeal has been taken.

The application for a new trial is based on what is alleged to have been an improper charge of the Judge to the jury. On the trial of the motion, the accused…