United States v. Richardson
This text of 27 F. Cas. 798 (United States v. Richardson) 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.
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But the Court
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; fined ten dollars.
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