Russell v. State

According to defendant’s evidence, decedent and two others went to defendant’s home to repossess a cooking stove, upon which it was claimed one of them had acquired by transfer a conditional (or lease) sale contract, from the alleged seller to defendant ; that defendant informed them that if they had a writ of detinue it was perfectly all right, but otherwise not to get the stove; that they said they did not need any law, that law cost money, etc., and went on in the kitchen to take it; that defendant had no gun, but "picked up a pick handle and followed them to the kitchen, and they went to…