Fristoe v. Boedeker

The first count of the declaration in the case charged in substance: That the appellee on the 18th day of November, 1910, in the county of Monroe, State of Illinois, with force and arms made an assault upon appellant and shot off a certain shotgun then and there loaded with gunpowder and lead bullets at and against appellant, and thereby and then and there shot and wounded appellant in so grievous a manner that his life was despaired of; and by reason of such shooting and wounding appellant became sick and his right eye was thereby entirely destroyed and the sight thereof lost and the left…