Judgment affirmed.
Defendant, accused of killing Isaac Hart, posed the defense of justification at the trial. Defendant met the deceased in a bar to collect a debt from him. An argument ensued, defendant and the deceased left the bar and, once in the street, they punched each other, whereupon the deceased pulled a knife from his pocket. Defendant got a board from across the street and struck the deceased, killing him. The primary question for the jury was whether...
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