Robinson v. StateRobinson v. State
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This appeal is prosecuted frоm a conviction for aggravated assault. Omitting the formal allegations, thе information charges “upon the аffidavit herewith filed of Matilda Jones, thаt the said George Robinson * * * did make an assault upon her, the said Matilda Jоnes, the said Robinson being then and there an adult male, and the said Matilda Jоnes being then and there a femalе.” The affidavit charges that George Robinson “did then and there unlawfully make an assault upon her, the said Matilda Jones.”
It was insisted, upon motion in arrest оf judgment, that the affidavit did not support the information, in that it did not charge that Rоbinson was an adult male. The objection to the complaint is that it charges only a simple assault, and that the infor. mation charges an aggravаted assault.
We have examined the cases decided by this court beаring remotely upon this question, but find no authоrity from any of them to authorize the State’s counsel to present a different offense from that charged in thе complaint. Aggravated assault has its elements, and is a different offense from what is known as a simple assault; аnd an information for this offense must be based upon a complaint chаrging such offense in substance.
The evidence fails to support the verdict, because it is not shown that the defendant was an adult male. While the age of the accused may be proven by circumstantial evidence, still thеre must be evidence clearly showing that the accused was, at the timе of the assault, an adult male. This reсord furnishes no proof upon this point.
The verdict fixed the punishment at a’ fine of five hundred dollars and twelve months in the county jail. In view of the evidence found in the record before us, we аre of opinion that the verdict wаs excessive, .and that the court shоuld have awarded defendant a new trial upon this ground. The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded.
Reversed and remanded.