State v. Hungerford
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Scott county, Edson, J., presiding, refusing a new trial after a conviction of assault in the third degree.
1Opinion of the CourtGileillan, C. J.
Prosecution for an assault. The alleged assault consisted in the defendant, who was conductor of a passenger train on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Eailway, taking hold of Nicolin, the complaining witness, who was a passenger on the train, for the purpose of putting him off because he refused to pay the fare demanded by defendant. That a conductor may, using only the force reasonably necessary, (and no excess is claimed in this case,) remove from the cars a passenger who refuses to pay the proper fare when demanded by the conductor, is beyond question. The fare on this railroad, from Jordan to…
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