People v. Moore
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of sessions, Columbia county. John H. Moore was convicted in the court of special sessions of assault in the third degree. The judgment was affirmed in the court of sessions, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLandon, J.
The material facts are not in dispute. The main questions are whether the conceded facts show that the defendant committed an assault upon the complainant, and, if so, whether the assault was justifiable. The defendant was in the employ of the Burden Ore & Iron Company. This company owns a large tract of land in Livingston, Columbia county, and has in the development of its business created upon its lands the so-called village of Burden. This consists of the company’s offices, shops, 60 or 70 tenement houses, occupied by its servants and their families, a public store, schoolhouse, and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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