Bradley v. State

English, Ch. J.:

At the April Term, 1877, of the Circuit Court of Benton County, James H. Bradley, the plaintiff in error, was indicted for an assault and battery upon W. A. Plotner. The offense is alleged to have been committed on the 17th January, 1877.

The defendant pleaded what is called in the record a plea to the jurisdiction of the court, to which the State demurred, and the court sustained the demurrer. Whereupon the cause was submitted to the court, sitting as a jury, and upon the evidence, the court found the defendant guilty, and fined him $10. He filed motions for new trial and in…