State v. Ingram

After careful consideration of all tbe evidence offered by tbe State, as set out in tbe record, we reach tbe conclusion tbat it was insufficient to support tbe charge of assault upon tbe State’s witness, and tbat tbe motion for judgment of nonsuit aptly interposed should have been allowed.

While tbe elements necessary to constitute tbe common law offense of assault have been many times stated in the decisions of this Court and in tbe courts in other jurisdictions as well as by textwriters, it is sometimes difficult to determine whether tbe particular facts under consideration are sufficient in…