Bowman v. St. John
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Joseph Gillespie, Judge, presiding. The facts in this ease are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This was an action of trespass, assault and battery, brought in the St. Clair Circuit Court to the October Term, 1866, by Louisiana St. John, against John B. Bowman, and Timothy Canty.
There were two counts in the declaration in the usual form, to which the defendants pleaded not guilty, and a special plea of justification, setting out an ordinance of the city of East St. Louis, under which the arrest of the plaintiff was sought to be justified.
The ordinance is as follows: “ Seo. 11. Whoever shall, in this city, obstruct the free passage way of any street, alley or wharf by the deposit of…
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