State v. Sullivan

1 Del. Cas. 87, 1796 Del. LEXIS 3
Delaware County Court of Quarter Sessions·Decided April 2, 1796·Published

Opinion

. [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.

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State v. Sullivan, 1 Del. Cas. 87, 1796 Del. LEXIS 3 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1796).

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