People v. Upton

Respondent was convicted of an assault and battery committed July 28, 1911, upon one Richard E. Oxford. It is the theory of the prosecution, supported by testimony, that Oxford ordered the wife of respondent to leave certain premises where he found her talking with his (Oxford’s) wife and to go home; that she refused to do so, and he took her by the arm in an attempt to lead or push her from the premises; that she resisted and finally sat down on a lilac bush, and as a result her sleeve, and perhaps some other of her apparel, was torn and her arm was bruised. Oxford then went into the…