Case ID: scl_7/html/0694-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Nott, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

CHARLESTON,
    
      January Term, 1815,
    The State vs. Thomas F. Quin and others.
    
      Assault & Battery.
    
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   Nott, J.

The only ground for a new trial in ,. "ii , _ , . this case, is. that the prosecutor gave the first blow, aT!<^ -hat the defendant struck in self-defence. Proof Prosecutor was the aggressor would not justify an enormous battery; nor, indeed, any, beyond the hounds of self-defence. On both points, there seems to be some doubt as to the facts in this case; it was, therefore, a proper case for the jury; and although the defendant has not been guilty oí a very great offence, he is not entitled to a new trial.

Justices Smith, Brevard and Grimke concurred.