The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-03-15

|, the witnesses were correct. 1t is almo.
impossible that the child could hay
e lived if kicked as described
n Re-examined. If the witnesses ar
!, mistaken as to the amount Of force USED
5 then four days would not be an unreasor
s able time for the child to live. 1t is m.
a impression that it did not die from nerv
= Gus shock, but from inflammation.
4 Catharine Boyer recalled. Hear'
, Hochs tell his wife that Charley was no
, his child Charley was then six month
, old, or more. lie said it was not hi
, child, and he would not treat it as
father. / heard him tell his wife tha
: she liked other men better than she die
him. Hochs never treated the child
, right
, On cross examination witness said she
had seen Hochs whip the child before il
was a month old, and he continued to
ill-treat it up to the time Of its death
Have seen him strike it with his hand
and with stick
The State here rested.
The first witness called was D. II Var
ian Hochs had an examination Lefor,
me, as justice OF the peace, some six or
eight weeks ago. An attempt was made
TO show that Mary Boyer had made a
different statement before witness, as
10 the number O. times Hochs had kick
ed the child under the bed. and as to
striking the child with "a strap with a
buckle on the end of it, and striking it
with the end having the buckle on it;
but the witness did not contradict Mary
Boyer
Mrs. Eliza Evans called Saw the
body of the child. Just took slight
look at the child. Do not remember see
ing anything odd about its face. Only
had a slight look at it, Paid no particu-
lar attention to it,
Mrs. Hollenbeck called. Was at the
house from three q 'ock on Monday,
until the next morning Saw the face of
the corpse. Do not remember noticing
any spots or bruises on the face. l was
very young then, and l do not recollect
seeing any thing of bruises, and have
very little recollection about it,
Jemima Evans called. Saw the corpse
saw its face-it looked very natural
saw no bruises.
On cross examination witness said
Hochs had several children to die. Does
not know which one this was that she
saw.
George Banker called. Was at the
house of Hochs on Sunday night. Saw
the face of the corpse. Was some dis
tance from it, and did not examine it
was by candle light. Saw no bruises, and |
did not examine sufficiently to know.
Henry Gorath called am a wagon
maker, and when at Monroe Furnace,
made coffin for a child of John Hochs. |
Do not know when it was. Put the |
body in the coffin. Saw its face. Did not |
see any bruises, or anything unusual
about the face.
John Hochs, the defendant, sworn
Was married in 1865. Have had six
children, three OF them n ow living. Never
whipped Charley with a strap. Never
kicked Charley. | was born in 1923.
Ellen was l6 when married her We
have been separated since last October
(The witness is a German, and when he
got started talking, neither attorneys |
nor tho Court could check him.
Saw the body Of Charley-that is his
face and han ds, after death, and there |
was no scratch or mark on him as could /
see. did not see his body. Ibid not
wash the body, or lay it out and never
told Catharine Boyer, or any one else
that did, because could not, for | did |
not do it.
Cross examined. Never whipped Char
ley with strap. Never kicked him
loved him too well. Never whipped him,
as could be called whipping.
On reexamination witness said that
both he and his wife had come to Jack
son, and went into the Clerks office and
asked for divorce from the Clerk. He
told much about quarrels with his wife,
and got his testimony much mixed about
the divorce matter.
Elizabeth Phillips called. Went to
the house of Hochs soon after the child
had died, and helped to shroud 1t and
lay it out. l saw its head and face, and
perhaps its hands and feet. Its nose
bled freely, while we were handling it. /
saw nothing remarkable about the body,
or il | did, do not now remember it. l
saw one other case where the blood ran
out Of the nose Of the corpse-that was
grown person. Ann Boyer, sister of
Mrs. Hochs, aided me in shrouding the
cOrpse.
On cross examination nothing new was
ELECTED. Witness said there was under
clothing on the body before she aided in
not see the body.
Irvine DUNCAN sworn. Was at the ex-
animation before Esq Varian, and heard |
Mary Boyer testify. She said Hochs |
kicked the child under the bed twice,
and that was ALL She said he struck it |
across the face with the buckle end of
the strap.
Levi DUNCAN sworn. Was at the ex-
animation before the justice. Mary Boyer
testified as to Hochs kicking the child
under the bed twice. Do not remember
whether she said that was allie Have no
recollection as to what she said about
striking in the face with the strap.
James A. Aleshire sworn. Was at the
examination before Esq. Varian, and
have a very district recollection of Mary
Boyer's testimony. She said she could
not say whether Hochs struck the child