ALLISON v. UNITED STATES

No. 698.

160 U.S. 203 (1895)

ALLISON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 16, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William M. Cravens for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for defendants in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

It was claimed on behalf of defendant that the homicide was excusable because committed in self-defence, in that, his life having been repeatedly threatened by deceased, when he saw him on this occasion moving his hand as if to take a pistol from his hip pocket, he believed, and, as a prudent man, might reasonably have believed, at that time and under those circumstances, that he...

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