State v. Keen

Nov 12, 1894
No. 1395
Reporters:
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Before:
Stiles

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

The information charged an assault with intent ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‍to commit rape, and the appeal is from the judgment on a verdict of guilty of assault and battery. Contained in the information is an allegation that the ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‍accused “did then and there make an assault upon the body of Mrs.-, a female, over the age of twelve years, and did then and there unlawfully beat, lay hold of ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‍and ill treat the said,” etc. Penal Code § 19 defines assault and battery as “the unlawful beating of another” which clearly appears to have been charged in this ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‍information. Actual violence alleged as a fact in the transaction of an assault with intent to commit rape will justify a conviction of assault and battery. State v. McAvoy, 73 ‍‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‍Iowa, 557, (35 N. W. 630).

Judgment affirmed.

Dunbar, C. J., and Hoyt and Scott, JJ., concur.