"Mugged" is a reasonable description for the act of sneaking up on an unarmed man and beating him with a club.
No, items covered by a code of seeking recourse of honor in general bring along a section, be that course a duel, caning, sword fight, joust, beating or what have you.
And the second also comes in handy to keep other's at bay who might want to interfere while your beating a man as he lays on the floor. I assume that's part of your 'code of honor', too.
He conducted that caning under, and with the guidance of, traditional chivalric honor codes...
But not, it seems, under the Criminal Code which, I believe, outlawed dueling in D.C. and most Northern states, as well as assault and attempted homicide.
How can you "half kill" somebody, non-seq?
He beat Sumner so badly that he was unable to return to the senate for three years. That comes as close to 'half killed' as I would ever want to get. Brooks, by comparison, didn't lose a minute of time with his 'harlot' slavery.
Oh, and quit trying to pass Sumner off as a decrepit old senior citizen.
Sumner was eight years older than Brooks. Not decrepit, but he was older and unarmed. On the other hand, Sumner outlived Brooks by 17 years so I guess there is some justice in this world after all.
Did he also demand Sumner's wallet or show any intent to rob Sumner? If not, it wasn't a mugging. And for the record, Brooks used a walking cane that he required due to wounds incurred in his hip from another duel he fought, not a "club."
And the second also comes in handy to keep other's at bay who might want to interfere while your beating a man as he lays on the floor.
Actually, one of the roles of a second is indeed to keep the action of honor recourse free from outside interference.
I assume that's part of your 'code of honor', too.
I suppose it could be part of an honor code, though that code is not mine - it's an historical thing dating back to trials by combat and the sort in the middle ages.
But not, it seems, under the Criminal Code which, I believe, outlawed dueling in D.C. and most Northern states
You'll have to check the law books of the time. I do know that there was a duel on the Marlboro Pike just outside of Washington in Maryland between two congressmen in 1838.
Sumner was eight years older than Brooks. Not decrepit, but he was older and unarmed.
Well thanks for finally admitting it! 8 years is nothing, Non-Seq. Based on the repeated claims of your earlier posts, one could have easily been left with the impression that Brooks was a bombastic 25 year old beating up a fragile elderly and defenseless 75 year old Sumner. You referred to Sumner as an "old man" at least twice and repeatedly gave the impression that he was elderly. In fact, he was about 45 which is hardly old by any standard