State v. McLeod

OPINION

By HILDEBRANT, J.:

Defendant was convicted in the Municipal Court of Akron, Ohio, without a jury, of assault and battery on one. Shadrosky. He made the issue of self-defense.

The court excluded the evidence of threats made by the young brother of Shadrosky, the day before, to have his older brother come the next day and beat up on the defendant.

On the next morning Shadrosky called at defendant’s home and asked for him. He was informed by defendant’s wife that defendant was not at home and ordered to leave the premises, and not to return and cause a disturbance. He returned that evening…