Harris v. Commonwealth

Prentis, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

William Harris was indicted under the maiming act, Code, section 4402, the charge being that he “did make an assault and him, the said L. E. Collins, feloniously and maliciously did strike and wound, with intent him, the said L. E. Collins, then and there to maim, disfigure, disable and kill *

This is a summary of the evidence: Collins was a *582foreman for the Henrico Lumber Company, in charge of laborers who were engaged in loading railroad ties on a lighter or barge, and after an absence returned to the lighter upon which the accused with other…