Legal Opinion
State v. Seely
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 15, 1875PublishedCited by 5 opinions
APPEAL from Greene Circuit Court. Hon. L. L. Mack, Circuit Judge. The indictment sufficiently charges the offense of assault and battery; Gantt’s Dig., 1295; as also it sufficiently indicates the person injured; Gantt’s Digest, sec. 1786, and see Commonwealth v. Keleher, 3 Met., 485. '
1Opinion of the Court
English Ch. J :
At the April term of the Greene Circuit Court, 1875, Oliver Seely was indicted as follows:
“ The Grand Jury of Greene county, in the name and by the authority of the State, etc., accuse Oliver Seely of the crime of misdemeanor committed as follows: The said Oliver Seely at, etc., on the 10th day of December, 1874, did unlawfully assault J. H. Hufstedler, and did then and there unlawfully beat him the said J. H. Hufstedler, against the peace, etc.”
The defendant demurred to the indictment on the grounds :
First — That it was not sufficiently certain as to the offense charged.
Second…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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