Cucchiara v. Settino

In this action for assault and battery, the judge found for the plaintiff. The answer alleges that the defendant acted in self defence. The only exception relates to the admission of an answer to one question asked in cross-examination of the defendant. The meager bill of exceptions contains certain questions and answers in the defendant’s cross-examination and no other evidence.

The entire course of the cross-examination, so far as contained in the record, was as follows: The defendant, when asked if he had a full sized hand, answered, “196 pounds,” and denied that it would make two of the…