Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1803-06-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 23 F. Cas. 20 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 124
Opinion
THE COURT instructed the jury that to support the issue on his part, on'the plea of not guilty, the plaintiff was not bound to prove that the defendant struck him first or made the first assault; but that to support the plea of son assault demesne, the defendant must prove that the plaintiff made the first assault.