Pontius v. . People of the State of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, to review judgment affirming a judgment of the Court of Sessions, in and for the county of Seneca, entered upon a verdict convicting the plaintiff of the crime of assault and battery with intent to ldll.
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Error to the General Term of the Supreme Court, in the fourth judicial department, to review judgment affirming a judgment of the Court of Sessions, in and for the county of Seneca, entered upon a verdict convicting the plaintiff of the crime of assault and battery with intent to ldll. (Reported below, 21 Hun, 882.) The indictment contained ten counts, the last two of which are as follows: “And the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths aforesaid, do further present that the said Andrew W. Pontius, late of the town of Fayette, in the said county of Seneca, afterward, to wit: on the 27 th day of…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
The case was left with the jury after a charge of unusual fullness, in which the rules of law were stated with •great care and ability, and the question of fact fairly submitted to them for determination. It was not claimed by the learned counsel for the defendant that the evidence might not be so construed as to warrant a conviction, nor was any exception taken to the charge as made, or any request presented for further instructions. Nor is there, upon this appeal, any complaint made upon these points. It is, however, urged, first, that the indictment is void; and second, that errors were…
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