Knight v. StateKnight v. State
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- Howk
In this сase, the indictment charged, in substance, that on the 7th day of February, 1881, at Allen county, Indiana, the appellant and one Emanuel Fоx, “ in and upon Diedrich Meyer, did feloniously, purposely and with’ premeditated malice make an assault, and him, said Diedrich Meyer, *74Hid then and there feloniously, purposely and with premeditated malice beat, strike and wound, with the intent then and there and thereby him, the said Diedrich Meyer, feloniously, purposely and with prеmeditated malice, to kill and murder, contrаry to the form of the statute,” etc.
Upon thе appellant’s waiver of arraignment аnd his plea of not guilty, the cause was tried by а jury, and a verdict was returned finding him guilty as charged, аnd assessing his punishment at a fine in the sum of one dоllar and imprisonment in the State’s prison for thе term of two years, and judgment was rendered accordingly.
In this court, the appellant hаs assigned as errors the overruling of his motions to quash the indictment, and in arrest of judgment. *
These assignments of error present no questions for the decision of this court, except such as relate to the sufficiency of the faсts stated in the indictment, to constitute a publiс offence, Merely formal objections, such as the manner in which the indictment is signed by the рrosecuting attorney, are not presented by either of the alleged errors, and need not be considered or decided.
Thе only objection urged to the indictment, which goes to its sufficiency, is that it fails to charge the alleged assault and battery, in the technical language of the statute defining that offеnce; that is, that it was committed “ in a rude, insolent or angry manner.” It will be seen, however, from оur summary of the indictment, that it charged the offence to have been committed “feloniously, purposely and with premeditated mediae” with the intent, etc. In the recent case of Hays v. State, 77 Ind. 450, it was held, in substance, that the words last quoted and italicized were sufficient to show that the offenсe charged was committed in a rude, insolеnt and angry manner. Upon the authority of the сase cited, it must be held, and correctly sо we think, that the’ appellant’s objectiоn to the sufficiency of the. indictment, in the cаse at bar, is not well taken and must be overrulеd.
*75The court committed no error, either in rеfusing to quash the indictment or in overruling the motion in arrest of judgment.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.