State v. Wright

Indictment charging that, on, etc., “ Charles Wright, Frederick Weston and George Chapman, at said county of Allen, and State of Indiana, in and upon one Jonathan Fleming, did unlawfully make an assault, and him, *308the said Jonathan Fleming, did then and there unlawfully touch, strike, beat and wound, contrary to the form of the statute,” etc.

This indictment, on motion of the defendants, was quashed, and the State excepted and brings the case here for revision.

The statute defining the offence of assault and battery provides, that “ every person who in a rude, insolent or angry manner, shall…