Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1837-11-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 27 F. Cas. 798 · 5 Cranch, C. C. 348
Opinion
But THE COURT (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent) said that he had no right to restrain her from speaking; and his language showed an intent to strike upon her violation of a condition which he had no right to impose. Suppose a stranger comes to my house armed, and raises his club over my head, within striking distance, and threatens to beat me unless I will go out of and abandon my house, surely that would be an assault. So if a highwayman puts a pistol to my breast, and threatens to shoot me unless I give him my money, this would be evidence of an assault, and would be charged as such in the indictment. Verdict, “Guilty.” Pined ten dollars.