Case Name: UNITED STATES v. MYERS
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-06
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 43
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. MYERS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 43–43

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,845.
UNITED STATES v. MYERS.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 310.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1806.
Assault.
It is an assault to double the fist and run it at another, saying, “If you say so again I will knock you down."
[Cited in State v. Painter, 67 Mo. 87.]
Presentment, for an assault on Jane Mc-Grath. The evidence was that the defendant [Samuel Myers] doubled' his fist and ran it towards the witness, saying, “If you say so again, I will knock you down.”
Mr. Key, for defendant,
contended that it was not an assault The words explain the act, and show the intention not to be to commit a battery. It was like the case of the man putting his hand on his sword, and saying, “If it were not term time or assizes, I would kill you,” &c.; and he moved the court to instruct the jury that it was no assault.
Mr. Jones, for the United States.

Opinion:
THE COURT,
(nem. con.) refused to give the instruction.
Verdict, "Guilty." Pined five dollars.