State v. Nichols
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an indictment against Nichols, in the following words: “That on the 27th of September, 1830, at Stamford, one William Nichols did, with force and arms, wickedly, wilfully, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought, make an assault upon the body of one Rufus Newman, then and there in the peace being, with an intent him the said Rufus to kill and murder; and did, then and there, with force arid arms, wickedly, wilfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought,…
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This was an indictment against Nichols, in the following words: “That on the 27th of September, 1830, at Stamford, one William Nichols did, with force and arms, wickedly, wilfully, feloniously, and of his malice aforethought, make an assault upon the body of one Rufus Newman, then and there in the peace being, with an intent him the said Rufus to kill and murder; and did, then and there, with force arid arms, wickedly, wilfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought, with a certain knife having a sharp-pointed steel blade, which he then and there held in his hand, stab, cut and wound the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
By the 13th section of the act of May 1830, every person, who shall an assault make, with an intention to commit murder, shall suffer imprisonment during life, or for any time not less than ten years, at the discretion of the court; and by the 14th section, every person, who shall wilfully, and with actual violence, with an intention to kill, an assault make on another person, but without malice aforethought, shall suffer imprisonment for a term not less than two nor more than five years. The offence is charged to have been committed against the peace and contrary to the statute…
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