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118 Ind. 328

Parker v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1889

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1889-04-19

<p>Cbimibal Law. — Assault and Battery. — Affidavit.—Sufficiency of. — An affidavit charging that the defendant “ did, in a rude, insolent, angry and unlawful manner, touch, beat and strike ” the affiant, shows that the touching and striking were unlawful, and the pleading is not had, although the word “unlawful” is not in the place usually assigned it.</p>

Decided 1889-04-19

Elliott, C. J.

¶1The charging part of the affidavit on which the appellant was tried and convicted reads thus: That the defendant, John W. Parker, at said county of La-Grange, in the State of Indiana, did, in a rude, insolent, .angry and unlawful manner, touch, beat and strike him, the said George W. Wright.” We perceive no substantial defect in this affidavit. The word “ unlawful ” is not in its ■usual and appropriate position, but, as it is in the affidavit, the fact that it is not in the position usually assigned it does ■not vitiate the pleading.

¶2Appellant’s counsel are in error in assuming that the affidavit fails to show that the touching and striking were unlawful.

¶3Judgment affirmed.

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