Holland v. People

Plaintiff in error was arrested charged with assault and battery on a complaint tiled before a justice of the peace in November, 1905. Successive changes of venue were taken by the People and the defendant. The defendant was finally tried before a justice of the peace by a jury, and a verdict of guilty of assault and battery returned, by the jury which fixed the fine at five dollars. Plaintiff in error took an appeal to the Circuit Court. Upon the trial in the Circuit Court by a jury, after the evidence had been heard, the People, by the state’s attorney of Carroll county, asked the court to…