Quinn v. Banker

Plaintiff, a colored woman, sues the defendant, a white man, for damages in the sum of $1,000, on account of an alleged assault and battery made by defendant on plaintiff on April 26, 1934, in the town of Ponchatoula, at the Illinois Central Railroad Depot. Defendant alleges that plaintiff was making an effort to strike him with a jar or container of hot coffee, and that he was acting in self-defense when he struck plaintiff. He also alleges that plaintiff had been for some time guilty of stealing doughnuts and other things from his restaurant, and on the occasion of the difficulty complained…