State v. . Merritt

Jan 5, 1867
Reporters:
Before:
Reads
Reads, J.

There was no specific instruction prayed for,, and no specific exception ‍​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‍taken below or in this court. We-are therefore left to collect from the whole of the Judge’s charge and from the record, whether there ‍​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‍was any error.

Only two questions seem to be involved:

1. Whether an indiscriminate assault upon several is an assault upon each individual ? Very ‍​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‍clearly it is.

2. Whether when a gun is fired by one defendant, andl the other is present aiding and abetting, the shooting may ‍​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‍be charged to have been done by both ? The act of one is-the act of both, and it may be so charged.

Let it ‍​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‍be certified that there is no error.

Per Curiam. There is no error