Case Name: Parker v. The State
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1889-04-19
Citations: 118 Ind. 328
Docket Number: No. 13,839
Parties: Parker v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 328–329

Head Matter:
No. 13,839.
Parker v. The State.
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.
From the LaGrange Circuit Court.
O. L. Ballou, J. D. Ferrall and C. H. Hulburt, for appellant.
L. T. Michener, Attorney General, and J. H. Gillett, for the State.
Filed April 19, 1889.

Opinion:
Elliott, C. J.
The 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.
Appellant's counsel are in error in assuming that the affidavit fails to show that the touching and striking were unlawful.
Judgment affirmed.