Note 3 — Chapter I · INTENTIONAL INTERFERENCE
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Blake v. Barnard, 9 Car. & P. 626; State v. Crow, 1 Ired. 375; Commonwealth v. Eyre, 1 S. & R. 347; Biggins v. Gulf R. Co., 102 Tex. 417 Accord. Compare Handy v. Johnson, 5 Md. 450.
Similarly, a mere preparation for a possible assault, but without any act indicating a present intention to do personal violence to another, is not an assault. Lawson v. State, 30 Ala. 14; Godwin v. Collins, 67 Fla. 197; Penny v. State, 114 Ga. 77; Gober v. State, 7 Ga. App. 206; Haupt v. Swenson, 125 Ia. 694; State v. Painter, 67 Mo. 84; State v. Milsaps, 82 N. C. 549. But compare State v. Hampton, 63 N. C. 13.