Campbell v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
This cause was tried before Parrish, Judge, at June term, 1.854, of Massac Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, J.
The plaintiff in error, who is a negro, was indicted for the murder of Goodwin Parker. The evidence in the case tends very strongly to show that the deceased made an assault upon the prisoner, and that the homicide was committed in necessary self-defense. It appears that the deceased and three others went to seek" the prisoner at his father’s house, in the night time. The deceased went to the door of the house, leaving his companions thirty or forty yards back, to whom he was to give warning if Campbell was in the house. Shortly after the deceased went to the door, he called to the…
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