Hunt v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum,—Indictment for assault and battery. Appeal from the County Court of Moultrie County; the Hon. Truman E. Ames, County Judge of Shelby County, presiding. Heard in this court at the November term, 1893, and affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Boggs
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellant, upon the verdict of a jury, was adjudged guilty of assault and battery and sentenced to pay a fine of 810, and the costs of the prosecution.
While there is a conflict in the evidence, yet it can not be said but that the jury were warranted in finding that the appellant seized the prosecuting witness twice by the right shoulder while in anger, saying at the same time s “ I will mash your month."
The court, at the instance of the people, instructed the jury as follows: “ The court further instructs the jury that if they…
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