Sutton v. Johnson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria County; the Hon. S. D. Puterbaugh, Judge, presiding. The verdict of the jury was for §1,700, and plaintiff remitted §700.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
This was an action brought to recover damages for an alleged assault and battery and an assault with intent to commit a rape.
Upon the trial, William H. Meeker, a witness on behalf of the plaintiff, testified that, in a conversation with Sutton in regard to himself and the plaintiff, Sutton said he and his wife hadn’t got along first rate, and he had to be too intimate with the hired woman, or was forced to be too intimate with the hired woman. He did not mention who his hired girl was, nor did the witness know who had been his hired girl.
The defendant moved to exclude this testimony from the…
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