Case ID: dc_1/html/0124-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Stephen Stevens v. Edward Lloyd.
    In assault and battery, on the plea of not guilty, the plaintiff is not bound to prove that the defendant struck or assaulted him first.
    But, on the plea of son assault demesne, the defendant must prove that the plaintiff assaulted him first.
   Assault and batteRY. 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.