State v. Jacques

*1452The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parlange, J.

The defendant was prosecuted under an information charging him with cutting and stabbing with a dangerous weapon, under Section 791 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by Act 43 of 1890. The jury found him guilty under Act 44 of 1890, Which provides punishment for “whoever shall shoot, stab, cut, strike or thrust any person with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill.”

The district judge charged the jury that five verdicts might be found, to-wit: 1. Guilty, as charged; 2. Guilty under Act 44 of 1890; 3. Guilty of assault aud battery; 4.…