State v. Bresky

Defendant was convicted of assault and battery on the complaint of one Lola Hanson. The case comes here on a bill of exceptions. The assault was committed on November 5, 1941, and the principal question involved at the trial seems to have been whether the complaining witness assaulted the defendant or the defendant assaulted the complaining witness. The jury found against defendant. The assault was alleged to have been committed with a wrench, and the complaining witness said that she had been struck on the arm and bruised.

Defendant sought to introduce a complaint from the files of the…