In a bizarre setting this case presents the issue of whether self-defense can be a valid defense to an indictment for assault and battery where the defendant was not in danger of death or great bodily harm. The prosecution contended that the defendant-appellant had beaten a fellow prisoner because a kangaroo court had found him guilty of squealing to the prison guards. The...
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