State v. Shea

Stukes, Justice.

Appellant was tried upon an indictment which contained two counts: First, assault with intent to ravish; and, sec■ond, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. He was convicted and sentenced upon the second count and Las appealed. His motion for direction of verdict of not .-guilty upon the first count was refused, as was his motion to submit to the jury the issue of simple assault and battery. "'These rulings are the subject of exception and he has also appealed upon the ground of alleged error in the charge to the jury in that it referred to the possibility of…