Jackson v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the County Court of Russell county rendered January 27, 1898, on an indictment for malicious assault with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, and kill. The plaintiff in error, Charles Jackson, was indicted for a malicious assault on George W. Ratliff. He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. Jackson had been employed by the manager of the Clinch Valley Coal and Iron Company to collect water rents of Ratliff.
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Error to a judgment of the County Court of Russell county rendered January 27, 1898, on an indictment for malicious assault with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, and kill. The plaintiff in error, Charles Jackson, was indicted for a malicious assault on George W. Ratliff. He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year. Jackson had been employed by the manager of the Clinch Valley Coal and Iron Company to collect water rents of Ratliff. The manager gave Jackson an order on Ratliff for $5 for water rents, and directed him to cut off the water if the order was not…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*110Charles Jackson was indicted in the County Court of Tazewell county for maliciously and feloniously wounding George Ratliff, with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, and kill. To this indictment, and to each of its two counts, the defendant demurred, and the action x>f the court in overruling the demurrer to the first count is the first error assigned.
The objection urged is that the count does not state the weapon with which the assault was made. "We are of opinion that it was unnecessary to do so, and that the demurrer was properly overruled. See…
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