MackDaniel v. Hale ( 1753 )

Dennis MackDaniel plaint. agt Mary Hale widdow Defendt in an action of assault and Battery, for that the sd Hale came to the house of the sd MackDaniel Struck his wife and Strugled with her &e. whereby the plaint. is damnified very much with all other due damages &c.....The Jury . . . found for the plaintife three Shillings four pence damage & costs of Court allowd twenty Shillings and ten pence.