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State v. Rogers

1 Del. Cas. 86
Delaware County Court of Quarter Sessions·Decided April 15, 1796·Published

Opinion

The charge to jury by Bassett, C. J.:

Whenever one man touches another in an angry manner it is a battery. Every battery includes an assault, and there can be no battery without an assault. If you think the touching by defendants was done by them when angry, there is a battery.

One was acquitted.

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State v. Rogers, 1 Del. Cas. 86 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1796).

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