United States v. Houston

con.) as follows:

This is an indictment for an assault and battery committed by the defendant upon William Stanbery, a member of the House of Representatives of the United States, from the State of Ohio.

The defendant has submitted his case to the Court upon the evidence stated on the journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, admitting the fact of the assault and battery, under the circumstances stated in that evidence ; and relying upon the plea that he has been heretofore convicted and punished for the same offence, by the House of Representatives.

TRe- whole case is…