Weldon v. Burch
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action of trespass; brought by the plaintiff against the defendants in the Winnebago Circuit Court. The declaration alleges, that the defendants forcibly entered the house of the plaintiff; and carried him therefrom, maltreated in many respects-, and finally covered him with tar and feathers. To this declaration, the plea of not guilty was interposed and issue was joined.
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This was an action of trespass; brought by the plaintiff against the defendants in the Winnebago Circuit Court. The declaration alleges, that the defendants forcibly entered the house of the plaintiff; and carried him therefrom, maltreated in many respects-, and finally covered him with tar and feathers. To this declaration, the plea of not guilty was interposed and issue was joined. Pleas, setting up the statute of limitations of two years, as to some of the counts in the declaration were also interposed, and issue joined thereon. The case came on for trial at the April term, 1845, before…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
This was an action of trespass for an assault and battery. It was tried in April, 1845. It appeared in evidence, that, on the night of the 26th of February, 1842, the plaintiff was forcibly taken from his house, by some ten or twelve persons in disguise, and carried some distance, and much maltreated. For the purpose of identifying the defendants with the commission of the outrage, the plaintiff called in succession several witnesses, who resided in the neighborhood where the occurrence transpired, and still continued to reside there, and asked them whether they had seen any of the defendants…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People v. MatherNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- United States v. SmithU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut · 1809
- Close v. OlneyCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Loraitis v. KukulkaIllinois Supreme Court · 1953
- Meyer v. Virginius St. Julian MayoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
- Ex parte HeddenNevada Supreme Court · 1907
- Hope v. BurnsDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1947