The weekly ledger., 1857-06-13
COURT OF SESSIONS, June Term.
(Continucd.)
HON. NJ. W. GORDON, JUDGE,

HON. NJ. W. GORDON, JUDGE,
SorI LANE AND BRUCE HUSBAND ASSOCIATES.
SATURDAY, June 9th, 1851
The People VS.. .ah Fong--Assault to commit
murder upon Chinaman in Drytown. Tried and
acquitted.
THE People VS.. IN Hoon.-Same offense as
above. Tried and acquitted.
MONDAY, June Sth, 1857
The People VS.. Juan .Mendez.--Jury empan-
nelled to make inquiry to sanity Of Def't Mat
ter tried, and Deft found by Jury to be sane.
TUESDAY June 9th, 1857.
The People VS.. Juan .hendez.-Indictment As
sault to commit rape upon the person of Susan Ro-
bertson, child of eleven years of age.
This was the lasoing case which occurred near
the Mountain Spring House, six miles below Jack
son the 9TH of May last We give all of the tes-
tmony that was in any manner material.
james Robertson, s,corn.--I have seen the def't
before, near the Mountain Spring House; saw him
on the ground lifting my sister on his horse; had
my attention called by hearing her scream; this
on the Z tn May, 1857; was about $50 yds from
them; after he put her on the horse he got on him
self and started off with herr went about so yards
and then let her drop and rode towards me. My
brother was near by with a wagon and team; was
farther from the Spaniard than my brother; def't
passed within 20 # of me; think my sister got up
alone when she fell from the horse her apron and
cape or cloak were torn from her; she was badly
he dropped her; she screaming as If frightened;
he had a lass rope; it was partly trailing on the
ground from the horn of the saddle: recognize the
def { as the man saw at the time spoken Of
Cross Eramined.-Deft. was standing on the
ground, fixing her in the saddle when | first saw
him. did not see him use any violence to her; did
not speak to him till he passed me- the cape and
apron carried about fifty yards in the saddle
and then dropped off in the road, at first he sit
ting on them behind the saddle, he went of on the
lope when he got on the horse; | saw an effort on
his part to get her the horse after she dropped off
Def't had California bride, am sure the article
saw trailing was ariet and not the continuation
of bride, did not see the lass around her at all;
when dropped from the horse she fell on her side;
five minutes after | examined her; there was dust
on her face and bTuise on her arm as if grasped
tightly by hand; saw some scratches on her side
and thigh they were not an eighth of an inch long
or wide, there was a red mark around her neck, it
looked as if made by rope; the mark was palmer
in front than on the back of the neck; She had
bonnet on at the time with strings made OF calico,
from half to an inch wide do not think the marks
conld have been made by the bonnet strings.
alexander Robertson CdHed.-Am brother of
Susan Robertson; was with my brother near the
Mountain Spring House at the time aG injury was
attempted on my sister when J saw deft first he
was sitting on the horse behind my sister trying to
mold her up at the time l them first they were
aoouf 6ne hundred yards off riding slow, but soon
struck of in a lope; he carried her until nearly
abreast of us, and then let her slide OF or pushed
cannot tell which; he was nearest my brother;
was in two horse wagon she Immediately came
up to the wagon; her face was a little blackened
up; there was some dust on her person; saw some
about her lips in her mouth; my brother threw an
axe at the def't., which hit his horse the flank,
he then ran over the hill, but turned and chased
my brother up to the fence.
Cross Er0mined-I saw my sister when she fell
wa mt of tha in trail ha a1
her as near as l can judge sixty eighty yards;
saw red mark on the front of my sisters neck, it
looked as if it had been raked by something; saw
the cape and mantle fall when he got into the sad
die, they fell just over the top OF the hill
Mrs. Robertson, CdHed.--I am the mother of
Susan; on the morning of the tn of May, sent the
little girl to Mr.. Palmers' on an errand; do not
know the exact time she was gone, but should think
about half an hour; when she came back there was
mark or cut over her left eye; mark in front of
her neck extending from to ear, it red as il
scalded; she had bruise on her left arm also, a
mark as ii grasped by hand; there was a bruise
on her left hip and marks on her knees as if made
by bushes; she was eleven years Of age last Sep
tember.
Gross Eranined.-I did not notice dirt on Su-
san when she came to the house; did not see any
marks on the back of her neck; examined her
quite closely; she wore sun bonnet with strings
to it about an inch wide, hemed on each side ii is
about three quarters of mile from our house to
Mr.. Palmers; there is bushes along the road in
places but more in the place where the affair hap
pcned.
Susan Robertson, CaHed.-I think l have seen
the Spanard that is in court before; the morning
| went to Mr.. Paimers he knocked me down twice,
do not know what with, he rode close to me when
he struck; offered him four bits if he would let
me go; he said " Oh four bits?" When he first
struck me, got up and ran towards home, when
he struck me on the eye and knocked me down
again. he then got off his horse and drew large
knife, was screaming but stopped, he then caught
me and put me on the horse aud was getting on him
selfwhen he saw my brothers; think he then led the
horse few steps and dropped on the ground and
then he jumped on the horse was hurt on the left
arm by his fingers when he lifted me on the horse
also hurt on the knee; have stated all he said OF
done to me; the first time he struck me between
the shoulders, my back was towards him, the next
time he rode before me and hit me on the eye.
| Sheriff Paugh, Cdhed.-I arrested deft, on the
Ith day of May, about one mile this side of WesI
Point which would be about twenty-four or five
miles from the Mountain Spring house. On the
way from Clinton to Jackson def't gave me to un
derstand that he offered the girl the saddle and he
rode behind.
Prosecution rested here, and defTt having no wit
ness to introduce, the evidence closed.
/ The Jury returned verdict Of guilty.
WEDNESDAY. June 10th, 1857.
The People VS.. Juan .Hender.-Assault to rape
Sentenced to ten years in the State Prison.
In the matter of the indictment for assault to dc
/ great bodily harm, against same Def't. sNok Pros
entered
Court adjourned for the term.