Commonwealth v. Kocher

Endlich, P J..

— The defendant in this case was indicted to No. 176, December Sessions, 1922, in two counts, upon charges of assault and battery and aggravated assault and battery. The case was tried at the same sessions and resulted in a verdict of guilty. Thereupon the defendant obtained this rule for a new trial, the grounds assigned therefor being that the verdict was contrary to law and contrary to the evidence, and that the charge ought to have explained to the jury the nature and character of the crime of aggravated assault and battery. See Com. v. Graff, 33 Pa. C. C. Reps. 49.

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