Vosburgh v. State

The plaintiff in error was tried on an information charging him with having committed upon the body of one J. Gr. Mawney an assault with intent to do him great bodily harm, and was found hy the jury “ not guilty of an intent to do great bodily harm,” but “ guilty of the assault; ” whereupon the court sentenced him to be punished by confinement in the county jail of Dane county for the term of one year, under and by virtue of sec. .4696, R. S. That section reads as follows: “ In all cases of indictment or information in the circuit court for assault with intent to commit any felony, it may be…