Gillespie v. Beecher

This is an action for assault and battery, in which the plaintiff recovered damages in the court below to the amount of $2,500.

The declaration, which contains a single count, alleges:

“That said defendant heretofore, to wit, on the 30th day of August, 1888, with force and arms made an. assault upon said plaintiff, and did beat and otherwise ill-treat said’ plaintiff, to wit, did attempt to strike said plaintiff *348with a large stick in his hand, and did unlawfully take hold of said plaintiff, and did with great force and violence push said plaintiff away from him, while said plaintiff was…