State v. McCaffery
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from Fifth Judicial District, Jefferson Gomvty. Conviction for an assault. The defendant was tried before Showers, J. Statement of the case by justice delivering*the opinion. The defendant appeals from a judgment of the district court entered October 16, 1893, adjudging him guilty of the crime of assault, and sentencing him to pay a fine of five dollars and costs.
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Appeal from Fifth Judicial District, Jefferson Gomvty. Conviction for an assault. The defendant was tried before Showers, J. Statement of the case by justice delivering*the opinion. The defendant appeals from a judgment of the district court entered October 16, 1893, adjudging him guilty of the crime of assault, and sentencing him to pay a fine of five dollars and costs. The bill of exceptions contains the original complaint made by the sheriff of Jefferson county, on information and belief, charging the defendant with having made an assault upon one John F. Smith, with the intent, then and…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
The appellant contends that the information charged a simple assault, and not an assault with a deadly weapon to do a bodily injury, as defined by section 60 of the *35Criminal Laws of Montana. The ground of his objection is based upon the omission in the information of the technical word “feloniously,” in the averment of the assault itself. For the purpose of considering this point, we may grant that the offense charged is a felony, and that the word “feloniously” is indispensable to the validity of the information; yet, when the whole charge is carefully considered, we find that the intent…
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