Gorczyca v. Stanoch

On June 29, 1927, plaintiff Paul Gorczyca filed a declaration in the circuit court of Cook county and therein charged that on May 4, 1927, defendant Frank Stanoeh assaulted him with great force and violence and with a certain instrument as well as with his hands, by means of which plaintiff was greatly hurt, bruised and wounded. - Defendant filed a plea of the general issue. The case came on for trial on November 10, 1933. The cause was submitted to and heard by the court without a jury in an ex parte proceeding. The court found the defendant guilty, assessed plaintiff’s damages at the sum of…