State v. Largent

Citations

• 9 Wash. 691
• 38 P. 751
• 1894 Wash. LEXIS 390

Syllabus

<p>ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER — VERDICT EOR ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO DO BODILY HARM — RES JUDICATA.</p> <p>Under an information charging the accused with an assault with an intent to commit murder, a verdict finding him guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm is erroneous.</p> <p>Where a motion for a new trial, in which over fifty distinct assignments of error are alleged, is granted without specifying the particular ground therefor, the ruling of the court cannot be urged as res judicata upon any of the grounds assigned.</p>