Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-03-10
Court Prnnnedines.

$500 0NAN~
Officer. 1t appears that in the fall o
1867 the parties had some misunder
standing about a few goods of cloth
Harrison Cashmere" as PLAINTIFF
counsel persisted in calling it, and
: while the matter was under discussion
y at defendants store n evening,
plaintiff made use of some language to
, defendant which induced defendant
to take plaintiff by the lappels of his
coat, as two or three witnesses testified,
or by the neck, as plaintiff thought,
and shake him slightly, at the same
time telling plaintiff that he didn't
mean to hurt him and not TO be
alarmed. Plaintiff, however, deter
mined to be alarmed, and shouted
"hands Off" After one or two re-
quests defendant did "hands off" and
plaintiff receded towards the door,
throwing back at defendant some re-
mark not relished by defendant, and
defendant thereupon took him again
by the coat, and in some way the par
ties got out of doors, down the steps
and into the street, defendant still
having hold of plaintiffs clothes as
before. At this stage a young dog
owned by defendant took hold of
plaintiffs pantaloons and tore them
slightly, but was called away imme-
diately by defendant. After a little
parleying the parties separated, the
defendant repairing to his merchan-
disc and the plaintiff to his virtuous
couch, where, however, "balmy sleep,
natures sweet restorer," refused to
come for thespaee oftwelve or fourteen
hours, owing, as plaintiff said, to the
unusually rapid circulation of the
blood produced by plaintiff having
been, in the severe ~rencounter, scared
almost to death. No gaping wounds,
or cruel bruises, or broken limbs, were
exhibited to the jury, but the plaintiff
had been, he thought, greatly dam
aged in his injured reputation, his
narrowed feelings, his undue exhilira-
ton of blood, and his loss of sleep,
Though it did not appear upon the
trial that he had not been able to re-
cover the lost sleep and modestly laid
his damages at $500. The defendant
denied that plaintiff had been in fact
injured, or that there was any attempt
to injure or ill-treat him. The argu-
ment was opened by plaintiff in per-
son, in an unique and peculiar effort,
replete with most touching appeals
to the humanity of the jury, full Of
pathos, his wrongs being depicted in
language and by tones, looks and ges-
lures, well calculated to excite in his
hearers the strongest emotions, and
moving Judge, jury, bar, spectators,
to bow their heads and their
faces. He was followed by Gen. 7.
W. Sanderson and w. T. Spear for
defendant, who tried to stem the cur
rent and do away with the wonderful
effect of the plaintiffs speech, but it
was plainly evident that the tide was
against them, and that their best
efforts would be in vain. E. H. En-
sign closed the Ease very briefly for
the plaintiff in his usual happy man
ner, but the ground had been so we'll
covered by plaintiff himself that little
room was left for his Attorney. The
case then went to the jury under the
Judges charge, and after a couple of
hours deliberation a verdict for plant
if of IS was discovered" being
just sixteen hundred per cent. more
than was recovered at the first trial.
The case of Henry H. Long VS..
Frank R. Williams ct. al, was COM
menced on Wednesday. Plaintiff
sought to recover ON a coal lease exc
cuted by him to defendants Williams
and Butler, and by them afterwards
transferred to the other defendants.-
The testimony was put in on Wednes-
day, and the court then adjourned
over until Friday to allow the counsel
to attend the funeral of the lamented
HENRY G. LESLIE, Esq, of Mahoning
county, which was attended on Thurs
day at Poland. The arguments were
made by Mr.. Wilson and Judge Gid
den, for plaintiff, and by Gen. Sander
son and E. B. Taylor for defendants
on Friday, and on Saturday morning
the jury returned a verdict for plaint-
if of $1,1OO.
The grand jury finished its business
and was discharged on Friday. True
bills were presented against Sylvanus
Ingersoll and Chas. Lowry for burgla-
ry; against Charles Lowry, Charles
McQuiston and Sylvanus Ingersoll,
for same; against Flavil Terrell for
assault and battery; against Perry
johnson for same, Harvey Cramer for
same, VIM. Hayes for same; Salmon
Wright for receiving stolen goods;
John Lowry for keeping rooms where
liquor is sold, contrary to law; Wash
ington Brown for same; James Doud
and Hiram Mowrey for same; Daniel
Risley and Richard Couchran for
same; Peter aud Catharine Laughren
for same; Azariah Miner for same;
against Levi Jackson for furnishing
liquor to a person in the habit of get
ting intoxicated, two indictments;
against Sherman Kinney for keeping
rooms were liquor is sold contrary to
law. No bill was found against Oscar
Tuttle, and he was discharged The
Jail was visited by the grand jury and
areport made uponit, signed by all 1.-THE
jurors, which we give below.
On Saturday the case Of John Rat
lift VS.. Ira L. Fuller was tried. The
issue seemed to be concerning the pay
ment of costs in an old foreclosure suit,
in which the present plaintiff was
plaintiff, and where the present de-
PENDANT bought land at Sherifs sale,
but our reporter did not get a Sufficient
understanding of the case to give full
report. Gen. Ratlif and w. T. Spear
appeared for plaintiff and Fuller &
Moses for defendant. Verdict for