New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-20
JERSEY ITEMS.

THE HoBoKES RIorERs.-The first case
ofthis indictment was tried at Bergen on Thursday.
The prisoner was William Higgins, mn lrshman
charged with assaultng Conrad iiasseurs. Ger
man, on the 9TH Of May the day AFTER the not fig
guns found guilty OF violent assault aud bat
tery and was remanded ior sentence. The evidence
was a. follows
Conrad Hassears. on whom the assault WAS com
mted wds placed on the stand. The wines stated,
that on the 9Th lay ~ May he al HO Io1cU and
when near MIR. Bcckers, walking quietly along the
road toward The fefry, alone, the prisoner came up
10 hun and struck him a violent blow ON N, eye IN
luring him severely has eye Is Affected ~ 10 THIS
time from the violence OF The injury.
Ge0rgf u. DeIH0H, SwOrn says-he reside AZ Der
gen. and manufacture mineral waters he Mas, on
the 9Th Of May last Il iiODoken, wIlh his wagon
and the first he saw wa the prisoner talking with
German and, knowing the prisoneT, he ~ondcfedlo
see him talking With German and more - 10 con
sequence Of the riot The day before soon ai.er ne
passed them, he heard the prisoner say you pui'h
son Of & --- ~ the witness also saw cane "lb a
knob on the end md on turning round he wltnessl
saw the prisoner stake The German with me cane
a. as he could the witness stopped hs hOfses,
and got cut OF the WAGON and then the pf,one wa
running away, down tie hi the Herman = ifsn'n
him. and ult matoly CAUGHT HIM they both ccnchei
together and tell IN The sand the German vas co
yerod with blood, and could scarcely b. feco3nil'd
white man.
R,r uichafI 4 AU,,oa sworn Depo-.d hat he
resides AZ Hoboken, ana rec0ects seeing ihc pms
oner Higgins, On the afternoon OF the I'm 81 May
the witness was gong - wit u man who hni been
seriously injured tire 0ny before his attention ~as
drawn 10 no men 0lnAlng depODent vent up ID
ne men, and by this umc they we're oota do~nto-
gether the German " - lying on ms back ihd mug
gIns on the tOp depDIcnt seized the pu-oner Dy
The collar pulled hlm of the German, and femOn-
srated With hlm, and told hun he must not beat The
German Higgins replied that he tthe Gefman) had
the day before killed Al lrshman, and ne iit'hneo
to kali the German ylmess insisted That no more
not should occur as tbs time the Germ in cAhIDt.
ed great injury hi eye appeared to b. cicses ano
his face and person were covered whh bood a
wooman al thls time came up and told u' prisoner
not To strike depDnenf IS he Wa the priest mum
Der Of Germans soon cOngfegated, armed, tor the
purpose Of defending the injured man.
The prosecution here closed ana rested the case.
Counsel for The defense then brIehy opened, asd
called witnesses 8iih view Of showing that, 10
stead Of hIs client beng the aggressor be Fas inc
party hrst assaulted, and during the "aoio anfsT
Wa merely defending himself
Wtitan, 2. fOtffns beng sworn, depOsct-Ihh
be knows tie prisoner Al the Oar the pnsond
and ceponeLt .eTe coming down The road on tne
day IN question, near W Becker's, and three nel-
mans were coming along he heard the German
call Higgins lrl5a son Of a - the tefn'ss-'..
came across The road. and Higgins rephe1 ~ sns
German "a5 son 81 u the Gertn~n ~ AZ hlaa
up toward Higgins, and higgins then SUI d" ~
with the cane. $500. -
lanes Hoa.maa- beng sworn dsposed iaa' ?.
saw the prisoner. Higgins, RAINING, on inc osJ ~
question, down the hi. AMI saw The Cefnt"' lNiV-
stones after him, and SET dog al hm On sVA.i
down the hill. Higgins turned on the German, Az.
they 10th clinched and both fell together depohens
then saw another man whom he didn't know, come
up with a cane Ia lis had AMI strike the Hefin@nn
conflict With HiggIDs . blow on the eye ~ pohsh.
dId not see am in;ur "a the face Of M German
ureylous 10 The blow gwen with the cane
u A large number Of citizens ~ SOM
e,,,IIe and else whefe embed ia the x. u fnnfch
m someryille on ThrTsoaJ last, and tonne them-
selves INTO a Musical Convention. Messrs lHonAs
Haainss and VIM. y Bradbury Of y. y apif "
;nxrs,'on and co.dactee the musical el~fcises--
The Convention cont nueo Two days, tnd 20 81 WE
acoucer which vas well attended Amo"s u.eies
olutOns adopted was The 'ollOsng lh"' ''n,nI ~
an essential part Of common scnool ecu ''Dn' an
that We hope The Tune y not lar distant "'r saA
b. deemed as necessary for children u 81 h""
a. 70 read their mother toage.