State v. Jacob

We bad occasion in tho case of tho State v. Lovenstein, 9 A., recently decided, to consider the first question presented by this appeal, as to the proper construction of the fifth section of the act of 1829, under which the first count in the indictment in this case was framed.

We consider it settled by that decision that tho English text is to govern as being free from ambiguity and creating two distinct offences. One of these offences, to wit, that of inflicting with a dangerous weapon, a wound less than mayhem, is properly charged in the indictment.

The charge in the first count is that the…