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pgCIaoUrr CoUaT-AN AssAuLr AND
BArTEaY.-YesterIay in Judge Berkshire's
Court, the case of Margaret Nixon, charged
with an assault and battery upon Mrs. De-
liza Stout came up. Hannibal Forbes. Esq.,
appeared for the defence and Major Good
for the Commonwealth Tae .iir.ed as
sauIt is said to nave taken place in Sep.
TENDER of last year. Mrs. Stout testified
in substance that Mrs. Nixon was in the
habit of iuhumanly beating her boy. Mrs.
Stout had seen Mrs. Nixon beating the boy
time aud again. On one occasion she cut
at the boy With large carving knife in
ficting a wound from which the blood
flowed profusely. Oh another occasion she
dragged the boy from the back yard into
the house beating and cutting him in
msrciless manner. After getting him into
the house she continued to beat him for
half an hour. The cries of the child and
the blows that were being inflicted were
distinctly heard by Mrs Stoutand her fam
lily. Mrs. Stout went into Mrs. Nixon's
house to demonstrate, when she found the
boy lying upon the bed apparently insensi-
BILE and quiYering from head to foot. Mrs
Nixon said she intended to kill the boy for
he was id thief. Mrs. Stout iu-
terfered aud Mrs. Nixon desisted. In
consequence of this interference Mrs.
Nixon became violently iucensed against
Mrs. Stout, and was in the habit of throw
ing bricks and hot water at Mrs. Stout's
family from her back yard, which she
could easily do US the two families lived
upon adjoining lots which are only divided
by fence. On one occasion Mrs. Nixon
threw whole bricks into Mrs. Stours
kitchen, breaking the windows and slash
ing things around generally. at last for
bearance ceased to be virtue with Mrs.
Stout. One of her neighbors advised her
to have Mrs. Nixon bound over to keep the
peace, and as Mrs. Stout was proceeding
to do SO she was followed by Mrs. Nixon
who fell upon her with two sticks and beat
her over the head and shoulders till she
was black aud blue. From the effects of
this violent assault Mrs. Stout was taken
ill and SO remained for three or four
months.
Mr.. NJ. W. Amick aud others who wit
messed the assault on Mrs. Stout, disagreed
with her as to she number of blows given
and the injury inflicted. Mr.. Amick inter-
fsred to prevent Mrs. Nixon from beating
Mrs. Stout, but Mrs. Nixon gave the blows
in spite of him, saying that Mrs. Stout had
called her all manner of hard names aud
had provoked her beyond endurance. Mr.
Amick didn't want to have much to do
with the fuss. He knew what it was to
interfere with the women.
A great many witnesses were examined.
Some had lived near Mrs. Nixon and had
never seen her abuse her boy, George,
more than other people abuse their chill
dFen. Others had known her to abuse the
boy very bad.
The boy himself said his mother had
never abused him any moro than he de-
served. She had whipped him sometimes
but never inhumauly. In answer to a
question by the Prosecuting Attorney,
George said that he had not been posted
as to what he should say in Court. The
evidence was very contradictory and it
was apparent at several stages of the pro-
ceedings that there was "lie OUT some
where.
The arguments of counsel were submit
ted and the jury retired, but not being able
to agree after an hour and a halls DELHI
GRAFTON, were adjourned over till o'clock
this morning.