Hopkinson v. People

This was an indictment against Hopkinson for an assault upon Cummings with intent to murder. The evidence showed that on the evening prior to the alleged assault, the parties met and had some words, whereupon Cummings caught Hopkinsou by the throat and choked him down, and that Hopkinson, on getting loose from Cummings’ hold, ran off; that the next day they again met with others, when Cummings accosted Hopkinson, referring to their previous difficulty, telling him to “stand offthat Hopkinson then drew a pistol; that Cummings advanced upon Hopkinson,'telling him to “put up his pistol,” and…