State v. Schreiber
Decision Date | 01 January 1889 |
Parties | THE STATE OF KANSAS v. AUGUST SCHREIBER et al |
Court | Kansas Supreme Court |
Appeal from Decatur District Court.
INFORMATION filed against the defendants, charging them with an assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill one Manville Crouse. Trial at the April term, 1888; verdict for assault and battery found against the defendants, who were sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for the period of five months, and to pay the costs of the prosecution. They appeal.
Judgment affirmed.
O. R Fegan, and S. A. Decker, for appellants.
L. B Kellogg, attorney general, for The State; Irwin Taylor, of counsel.
OPINION
Two complaints are now made: First, that the evidence was not sufficient to sustain the verdict; second, misinstruction of the court to the jury. After a careful examination of the record, we are free to say that the evidence fully warrants and sustains the verdict. Six men were engaged in a fight; defendants, using dangerous weapons, inflicted therewith several severe and dangerous wounds upon two persons thus engaged. As to who commenced the assault is a disputed fact. The record seems to show that the defendants had a fair and impartial trial, and no claim to the contrary is made. Where that fact is shown we think the judgment of the jury ought to be conclusive, and in this case we think the defendants have nothing to complain of, and ought to be satisfied with the verdict and judgment.
The instruction complained of is as follows:
This instruction we think fairly states the law. Where a defendant is charged with an assault with a deadly weapon, with intent to kill, that charge embodies the less offense of assault and battery, and it was competent, proper and the duty of the court to so instruct the jury. (The State v. Cooper, 31 Kan. 505.) No...
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