Case Name: The State v. Hailstock, in Error
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1829-05-21
Citations: 2 Blackf. 257
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Hailstock, in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 2
Pages: 257–257

Head Matter:
The State v. Hailstock, in Error.
Thursday, May 21.

Opinion:
AN indictment for an assault with intent to commit a felony, must show with certainty the particular felony intended to be committed.
A common assault is not an indictable offence. It is punishable, however, by a justice of the peace .
A common assault is, at- common law, an indictable offence. 4 Bl. Comm. 216. Here, by statute, justices of the peace have exclusive jurisdiction of'offences to which the affixed penalty does not exceed three dollars; and a common assault is an offence of that kind. R. C. 1831, pp. 193, 195. An assault, with intent to commit a felony, is an indictable offence, and punishable by imprisonment in the state-prison for any term of time not exceeding fourteen nor less than two years, and by fine not exceeding 1,000 dollars. Id. p. 186.