Arbuckle v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
From Shelby Circuit Court; Alonzo Blair, Judge. Prosecution by the State of Indiana against E. O. Arbuckle. From a judgment of conviction, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHarvey, J.
— The defendant was convicted by a jury on a charge of assault and battery upon the prosecuting witness, one William W. Wilcoxon. The defendant, as conductor of a car on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company’s line, ejected therefrom said Wilcoxon for refusal to pay the rate of passenger fare requested by said conductor for a trip from Gwynneville tó Indianapolis.
Wilcoxon entered the car at Gwynneville, Indiana, to travel thereon as a passenger from said point to Indianapolis. He paid the scheduled and demanded fare of five cents for passage from Gwynneville to Morris-town, and at…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wabash Railroad v. PriddyIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
- Brown v. Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1915