Tapp v. State

Defendant (Appellant) was convicted in a trial before the court, without the intervention of a jury, of assault and battery with intent to gratify sexual desires under Acts of 1905, ch. 169, § 354, as amended by Acts of 1951, ch. 277, § 1, and Acts of 1961, ch. 321, § 1, (1956 Repl., 1970 Supp. Burns’ § 10-403), which is as follows:

“Assault and battery. — Whoever in a rude, insolent or angry manner, unlawfully touches another, is guilty of an assault and battery, and on conviction, shall be fined not more than one thousand, dollars [$1,000], to which may be added imprisonment in the county…