State v. Washington

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Monroe, J.

Defendant, indicted for inflicting a wound less than mayhem, was convicted of assault and sentenced to pay a fine of twenty dollars, or, in default of payment, to confinement in jail and work on the public roads. He has appealed and, through his counsel, *444presents for the consideration of this court, certain bills of exception and motions which will now be considered.

1. Bill of exception No. 1 is to the refusal of the court to charge that “if a parent acts in good faith, prompted by true parental love, without passion, inflicts no permanent…