Court Opinion

ID: 7041014
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 06:50:16.566254+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:11:21.187892
License: Public Domain

Pettit, J.
— Indictment for assault and battery. The ■charging part of the indictment is this:
“ Did then and there, at the county of Martin, in the State of Indiana, in a rude, insolent and angry manner, unlawfully touch, beat, bruise and strike one William N. Wag-goner; and did, then and there * * * * unlawfully .shoot, strike and wound him, the said William N. Waggoner, with a gun loaded with powder and leaden shots, which,” etc.
The evidence shows that the battery was committed with a stone, and not with a gun, as alleged in the indictment; and the only question in the case is, does the evidence warrant a conviction on the indictment?
There is no necessity, in an indictment for an assault and battery, to describe the instrument with which the battery was committed; but if this is done, it is sufficient to prove that it was done with a different instrument, and this will not be a variance. 2 Bishop Crim. Proced., sec. 514; 1 Greenl. Ev., sec. 65.
The judgment is affirmed, at the costs of the appellant.