New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-09-02
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st Andrew, jamaica, q report Of a ousf6us ease
before the Court Of Petty Sessions. II opensthus:
The following persons were charged With having,
q lae pEsorning Of Saturday, The 81 inst at
Lamb, Esq, and otherwise i'll treated him.
Then follow the names Of the accused forty eight
Of them iii all, and about haIf females The suffer-
ing Lamb, ESQ., submitted tie following aecusatfve
testimony: - = ="
Joseph Lamb--I am q pen-keeper in the parish
Of Saint Andfawi on Saturday, the 9th instant,
was proceeding from my pen residence at Penn
when I reached the entrance gate to 9o1ynes
works, / saw two men iii the r1iddie of the road,
Hamilton and Forbes; Hamilton held up bis
ngsfa ssa and aamon pulled asa gp asa .hat y ,yy sy
sdrnething here" pointing to Mplynest gate;
they drew the reins from me- and turned the
horses head towards the gate; / told them to
desfst. for it was an Illegal act, and ttiat3they
have been pat up to it by Mr. Berry 4 they. CON
tnued TO draw the horse, and | saw Mr. Berry
behind the column. which made me believe the
men to be from MolyRes Estate got. ont my
gig, and went to the horses head; again told
the men toilet 60 my horse; they seized me and
| lifted me off my feet, and carried me to the
gatei at the gate Isaw Crane, Graham, Cammack
and Joseph, who assisted in dragging ne into the
yard fsaw MIR. Berry, and heard him ordering the
men to drag along; they carried ne to the car
penter b shop they held me 50 firmly with their
fingers that | was IN great torture; the shop is
a large vice, to which rope was attached; they
put my back into the vice, and screwed me, and
fastened the rope in such manner that VIXEN they
screwed the vice the rope twisted around my foins
so that my body became as small an my Mr..
Berry ordered ma. to be pat Inta tbs sce sayiHg,
screw the fellow up - there was great
identity Elizabeth Mitchell, Mary SMITH Sophia
| Bettn, William Knight, William DAILY, Thomas
Lerviee, Thomas Rutherford, Betsy Geyton. Phoebe
Edwards, Alex, Service, sabina Russell Richard
nntsz Rem amir. flyoo Rp0t H1--sd
son, George Dolphin Colin StraAan, George Akin
son, James DAILY and John West. While I was in
the vice Mr. Berry produced long riding whip,
and said 49, baught this for You, 10 give you a
damned good fogging;'i it was about foHr feet
long; Imade no reply; my hands were free; Mr..
Berry rolled up his sleeves and began fogging me
in most savage manner; he attempted tohog out
my eyes; my Ioins are as black as my eost; my
skin was cut so badly that Thought the flesh
would have dropped off my arms were slightly
bruised; he continued to fog me for abont three
wipe his face. Iappealed to the people as Chris.
tians, who attended revival meetings: asked if
there was not to come forward to stop the cruel
pfoceedtng; no one replied except AtsInson, who
said, give il him asked if no could go for the
inspector Mr.. Berrp. said, " 1 know he will not
come !; i will give yon o damned good aogging,
for my fathers hand is in the mouth Of his
pocket to pay forit y the whip was fogged down
Is about eighteen inches; Mrs. Berry was in
the piazza Of the dwelling house locking at me,
and at her; L had never seen her before, but
from the, description have heard, ! am certain
that she is the person in court; there was also an
other female of lighter color; Mrs. Berry was
evidently approving Of the foggiBg said, Mrs.
Berry, this will be stain upon your Character, and
her husband said, what do you know of Mrs.
|, ,Berry2r Hamilton struck me with @ piece of
scantlng about eight feet long, four or five times,
| while was in the vice; somebody told hin to
taesist which he did Mr. Berry said he had con-
tsulted his solicitor, Mr. March, and he had told him
he could do it and pay for it; at one time Ne.
Berry was so close that made a kick at him,
when he dropped the whip and made thrust at
me with his Hst; If had caught him would have
smashed his neck; Mr.. Berry gaye9ofders TO strip
| me; ; two of the men unbuttoned roy trowsers;
some one said, g don't do that, but twas not Mr.
Berry I asked for some water, and Mr.. Berry said,
se don't give the damned scoundrei any water; this
is lower hell -; Hamilton attempted to pull ont my
eyes, and having screwed up the vice, tainted
and fell on my head, my feet being of the ground
I recovered my senses; had ,e7 6s in loose silver
in my pocket the greater part Of which fell on Che
ground while was on the ground ar arm was
l put around my head, which am sure vas thatDf
Mr., Berry; he picked up three iandfus of the sill
yer by this time, the people became alarmed, and
some said he is dead; Mr. Berry said don't let
him die in here. take him up as quick as you san,
and throw him into the road: ~ they took e4nn
| in very rough manner and carried me out ] be-
came ipsensible for some time, aud when II re.
covered found myself sitting on the road, my
servant holding me up he assisted me into the
t~gig, and drove me to Kingston; was examined
lebyaD Bawerhank 1 have suffered munh pain in
the spine; found only fl As. in mF pocket.
i This statement was fully eorroborated BY other
evidence, together with that Of the physician who
I7examinsd Mr.. Lambs injuries, which were ex-
| tremely severe and dangerous. The persons i'm
peated in theaetive part of the assault we're sent
before higher court for trial. the others being
discharged, but the gentleman who furaished US
the paper containing the report of the case fan old
resident of Janaica) expressed the opinion that
the offenders would escape punishment altogether.
When the reader understands that the persons
named in the Indictment were Of all coIors, from
white to ebony black, and notes the fact shat the
castigated Lamb is mentioned as an Esquire !" and
Berry's wife as eolored woman, he may have
some idea of the miserable social condition to
I which emancipation has reduced the once happy
and prosperous Island Of Jamaica.