State v. Blœdow
Wisconsin Supreme Court
BEPOBTED by the Judge of the Municipal Court of Milwaukee County. Defendant was tried upon an information, the third count of which charged that, on etc., said defendant, “ contriving and intending the said John Meunier to maim and disfigure, in and upon the said John Meunier unlawfully, willfully and maliciously did make an assault; and that he, the said Gha/rles Bloedow, with malicious intent then and there to maim and disfigure the said John Meunier, the left eye of him,…
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BEPOBTED by the Judge of the Municipal Court of Milwaukee County. Defendant was tried upon an information, the third count of which charged that, on etc., said defendant, “ contriving and intending the said John Meunier to maim and disfigure, in and upon the said John Meunier unlawfully, willfully and maliciously did make an assault; and that he, the said Gha/rles Bloedow, with malicious intent then and there to maim and disfigure the said John Meunier, the left eye of him, the said John Meunier, unlawfully, willfully and maliciously .then and there did put out and destroy.” The verdict found…
1Opinion of the CourtByaN, C. J.
The defendant was charged, with mayhem. The statute defining the crime requires the assault to be made *280with malicious intent to maim or disfigure. Maiming without intent to maim is not within the statute. The information charged the malicious intent in the words of the statute. The verdict found the defendant guilty, as charged in the information, with the malicious intent as implied by law. And the question certified here by the court below is, whether the defendant can be punished upon the verdict.
Generally, the law will imply an intent to do the thing done. But, in criminal law, when a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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