Tinsley v. Rowe
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jasper county ; the Hon. "William 0. Jones, Judge, presiding. Trespass vi et armis for cutting and stabbing plaintiff with a knife, which was justified by defendant on the ground of self-defense. The cause was tried by a jury and a verdict returned of §100 for the plaintiff," upon which the court entered judgment and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPillsbury, P. J.
From appellant’s abstract it appears that no objection was made to the introduction of any evidence on the trial below offered by either party. Briefly stated, the material facts would seem to be that the appellant and two or three friends were sitting upon a fence talking about some political meeting and discussing the merits of certain candidates for office when Bowe approached them in an intoxicated condition. As he came up, appellant made the remark that one of the candidates, naming him, was a drunkard, whereupon Bowe asked him who said so, and the reply being a good many said so, Bowe…
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