Chick v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
The grand jury of Davidson county returned a true bill of indictment against Chick. This indictment charged “that Chick, with force and arms, on the 21st day of August, 1844, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, in and upon William Maxey an assault did make, and that the said Reuben Chick then and there unlawfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, the left eye of the said Maxey did put out; contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and…
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The grand jury of Davidson county returned a true bill of indictment against Chick. This indictment charged “that Chick, with force and arms, on the 21st day of August, 1844, unlawfully and with malice aforethought, in and upon William Maxey an assault did make, and that the said Reuben Chick then and there unlawfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, the left eye of the said Maxey did put out; contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State.” The defendant was found guilty at the April term, 1845, Turner, judge,…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
The plaintiff in error was indicted in the Criminal Court of Davidson county, for putting out the eye of William Maxey.
The indictment charges that Chick, “unlawfully and with malice aforethought, in and upon ‘one William Maxey an assault did make, and that the said Reuben Chick, then and there, at the county aforesaid, unlawfully, feloniously, and with malice aforethought, the left eye of the said William Maxey did put out.”
*165The clause of the statute upon which this indictment is framed is in the following words: “No person shall unlawfully and maliciously put out an eye; slit, cut off', or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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