Case Name: The State of Washington, Respondent, v. C. A. Keen, Appellant
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1894-11-12
Citations: 10 Wash. 93
Docket Number: No. 1395
Parties: The State of Washington, Respondent, v. C. A. Keen, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 93–93

Head Matter:
[No. 1395.
Decided November 12, 1894.]
The State of Washington, Respondent, v. C. A. Keen, Appellant.
assault with intent to commit rape — conviction oe assault and battery.
Actual violence alleged as a fact in tlie transaction of an assault with intent to commit rape will justify a conviction of assault and battery.
Appeal from Superior Court, Yakima County.
John G. Boyle and Reavis & Milroy, for appellant.
J. A. Rochford, Prosecuting Attorney, A. P. Fulkerson, Jones & Newman and James A. Haight, for the State.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Stiles, J.
The information charged an assault with intent to commit rape, and the appeal is from the judgment on a verdict of guilty of assault and battery. Contained in the information is an allegation that the accused "did then and there make an assault upon the body of Mrs.-, a female, over the age of twelve years, and did then and there unlawfully beat, lay hold of and ill treat the said," etc. Penal Code § 19 defines assault and battery as "the unlawful beating of another" which clearly appears to have been charged in this information. Actual violence alleged as a fact in the transaction of an assault with intent to commit rape will justify a conviction of assault and battery. State v. McAvoy, 73 Iowa, 557, (35 N. W. 630).
Judgment affirmed.
Dunbar, C. J., and Hoyt and Scott, JJ., concur.