State v. Green
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jackson District Court. In July, 1862, the defendants were charged and arrested for the offense of exciting a disturbance of a public meeting lawfully assembled. At the trial they separated in their defense, Mann pleading not guilty, and former acquittal for the same offense, Green pleading former conviction.
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Appeal from Jackson District Court. In July, 1862, the defendants were charged and arrested for the offense of exciting a disturbance of a public meeting lawfully assembled. At the trial they separated in their defense, Mann pleading not guilty, and former acquittal for the same offense, Green pleading former conviction. The pleas of the former were sustained, and he was acquitted; that of the latter was not; and refusing to plead further, the justice directed the plea of not guilty to be entered for him, on the hearing of which he was found guilty, and sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment.…
1Opinion of the CourtLows, J.
At the trial below it was developed, that during the progress of a public meeting, quietly and lawfully assembled, and while the same was being addressed by a public speaker, that the defendants, together with one Tracy, disturbed and broke up the same, by throwing eggs at the speaker, and afterwards beating and bruising him, and committing other wrongs, &c. Soon thereafter the defendants and the said Tracy informed upon each other before Squire Black, stating their offense to have been the disturbance of a public meeting, by simply making noises, &c., concealing the violence and the main…
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