State v. Sullivan

1 Del. Cas. 87 Court Court of Quarter Sessions. Decision date 1796-04-02 English

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STATE v. HENRY SULLIVAN.

Court of Quarter Sessions.

April 2, 1796.

Wilson’s Red Book, 98.

Wilson for defendant.

. [Chief Justice] Bassett’s charge, “I am led to explain the law to you in consequence of questions that have been proposed to the witnesses etc. Whenever two men agree to go and fight, it is no justification.”

Verdict not guilty.

N. B. This was a battle by consent of both parties.