| Show john L L stem a heal lle tary JACKSON miss niles march 17 in the tho case of john L sullivan for prize fighting in the supreme court the judgment of the court below was reversed and remanded sullivan was held under bond to answer euch such indictments aa as may be found in the next term of court the reasons given by the court were that the indictment did not show abow that the fight was public or that kilrain fought sullivan the court holds that the indictment upon which salli van was convicted wai fatally defective the statute neither defines the offense of prize fighting lighting nor declares what act done shall be a violation of its provisions the indictment does not charge that sullivan and kilrain fought together and against each other but avers that sullivan in pursuance of a previous appointment met to in a prize fight with kilrain the demurer demerer to the plea of abatement should have been extended to the indictment and the indictment quashed |
