Petrie v. Cartwright
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 15 — Action by Maby Petbie against S. H. Cartwbight, City Marshal, fob the Unlawful Killing of Heb Husband. November 12. APPEAL FROM TODD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. Joe Petrie, while protecting his wife and sister from the most outrageous insults, was assaulted with a deadly weapon, and, being frightened, flees to save his life, and is deliberately shot down by a peace officer.
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Case 15 — Action by Maby Petbie against S. H. Cartwbight, City Marshal, fob the Unlawful Killing of Heb Husband. November 12. APPEAL FROM TODD CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Defendant and Plaintiff Appeals. Joe Petrie, while protecting his wife and sister from the most outrageous insults, was assaulted with a deadly weapon, and, being frightened, flees to save his life, and is deliberately shot down by a peace officer. It was a deliberate and cruel act, and when arraigned civilly in a suit for damages, he is shielded by an instruction of the court which makes him the sole arbiter of the lives of…
1Opinion of the Court
■Opinion of the court by
JUDGE HOBSON-
— Reversing.
The appellant, Mary Petrie, was going to ber borne in Elkton, Ky., after night, in company with her husband’s sister, Mary Belle. They were followed by two men, named Blye and Crouch; the latter proposing sexual intercourse, and making an exposure off his person. They hurried on, and met doe Petrie, the husband of Mary. She told him of the conduct of the men, and he immediately went back up the street in the direction of them. When he overtook them, he asked Crouch what lie had insulted his wife for. Crouch said, “Damn your wife, and you, too.”…
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