United States v. Askins
This text of 24 F. Cas. 875 (United States v. Askins) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
(nem. con.) was of opinion, that the offence, as stated in the indictment, was not within the Virginia Act of 1792, p. 178. And Cranch, C. J., thought that biting could pot be called cutting; that an ear cannot be “disabled” within the meaning of the statute; nor is the ear such a member as was intended by-the statute, which had enumerated the tongue, the eye, the nose, and lip.
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