People v. Jeffries

Defendant, Charles Jeffries, appeals from his conviction for battery.1 Defendant and two other men, Jerry Lewis and Edward Ross, were charged with battery and after a bench trial the defendant and Lewis were found guilty and sentenced to serve four months in the House of Correction. Ross was discharged. On Appeal defendant contends that he was not proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that his sentence was arbitrary and excessive.

The complainant, Robert Lunde, testified that on the morning of October 18, 1968, he was being held in the Boys Court lockup with thirty-five or forty other…