3 Johns. 427
Decided August 15, 1808
New York Supreme Court · decided 1808-08-15
ON certiorari. The plaintiff below declared against the defendant, who was a tavern keeper, for refusing: to ' ° entertain him. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and set off a trespass by the plaintiff in breaking a door, &c. and that he was a person of bad reputation. A verdict •was found for the defendant for six cents damages and six cents costs.
Decided 1808-08-15
¶1The plea was not guilty, and the set-off - , . , . ot the trespass or violence done by the plaintiff m the *428house, and his bad character, was meant only as a reason, or justification for not entertaining him, and was intended to support the plea of not guilty. The verdict for six cents damages and six cents costs, was intended, and is to be considered, merely as a verdict for the defendant, generally.
¶2Judgment affirmed.