State v. Stockley
New York Court of General Session of the Peace
Indictment for Assault with Intent to Commit Murder. Olan Stockley was charged in the indictment with having committed on the twenty-fourth day of September, 1910, in Sussex County, an assault upon John T. Williams, with intent, him to murder, by striking Williams in the forehead, crushing the skull, leaving a large, deep sunken place in the forehead. There was much conflict of testimony as to the identity of the person who committed the assault. The accused was acquitted.
1Opinion of the Court
Conrad, J.,
charging the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury:—[1, 2] Olan Stockley, the prisoner at the bar, is charged in this indictment with having committed on the twenty-fourth day of September, 1910, in this county and state, an assault upon one John T. Williams, the prosecuting witness, with intent him the said John T. Williams to murder. This charge embraces not only an assault, which has been defined to be an attempt with force and violence to do injury to the person of another, but embraces also an intent to commit murder.
*248In order to convict the prisoner at the bar in manner and form as he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. WilsonNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1904
3Cited by1 opinion
- Longoria v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1961