ASSAULT

an unlawful attempt to apply force tc the person of another, ither directly or indirectly. It is also the act of using a gesture towards another, so as to give him reasonable grounds for believing that the person using such gesture meant to use actual force upon him. It includes also the act of depriving another person of his liberty. Common a.’s are punishable by fine or imprisonment; those which occasion serious bodily harm are punishable by long terms of penal servitude. orl person resisting or obstructing a po ce officer in the execution of his duty is Hable, upon conviction, to two years’ imprisonment with hard labor.