Daily Republican., 1883-12-03
FIFTH EDITION,
nusSsspa, Csars.

nicipal Court this morning, when vii.
liam Lawler, William =. North and
James H. Brown, we're arraigned
upon the charge of committing IN o..
aault and battery on Hugh Mcconnell,
= Sergeant Of Police, on the morning Of
November IS, the particulars OF which
are still fresh 10 the minds OF our read.
ers. Harry Sharpley, Esq., represented
defeudsnts, and Sergeant Mcdonnell
was the 6fst witness called.
After being sworn he stated the facts
of the cove, which corrobOrated . former
statement made by him and published
In these cOlumns. Mayor Wales was
next called, and testified - to having
bsen summoned TO attend 10 the Sci.
Resut's Injuries, and stated that they
consisted Of br0ken nose and . con.
cussion over the eye, and In his opin.
Ion the blows were struck by some kind
OF On instrument. He also stated that
the complainant had not fully recoy
erred aud was still VI able TO 20 on duty
John Spring testified that he was In
in company With the defendants on the
night In question and was In Carols
saloon previous to the ffacas. After
leaving there they proceeded to Front
aud French, and when opposite the
Grand Union Hotel sew raj men came
out and started a row, when the whole
party started towards King street, and
on their way o brick was thrown at
Spring or one OF bis compan ions, which
missed its mark and went crashing
through q window.
The four then started In pursuit of
the men who threw the stone, and while
going up King street, Spring met Nc.
Cornell and told him Of the fracas,
when he joined In the pursuit, follow.
I'll by North, Brown and Lawler. The
party proceeded to Second, down Sc.
coma 70 French and up French. Two
men were ahead Of Mcconnell and
Spriag, and when they arrived opposite
Spring alley, one man entered the al.
ley and the other kept on. Spring fol.
lowed the latter and knew nothing Of
the assault until sometime afterwards
when the witness met LAWYER, Brown
and North at Third and Walnut streets,
when one OF them said We gave 1t
TO one of them" wherenpon North said
i" bit him hi Of lick"
Just after this remark Mcconnell
came along and the men saw that he
had been injured, and when he told
them OF the facts, they discovered tina,
he was the man they hit, and they said
that they were sorry for IL, and II they
Lad known 1t was him they would not
have hit him.
...H ~ II lyfv n aI hot
Lawler, after being arrested. said that
he did not strike Mcconnell with hard
instrument, but struck him with hi
fist. Several other witnesses were ex'
amined, whose testimony plainly show
ed that Lswler and North were the
assailants, but that they supposed they
10 istOOk him for one Of the parties they
were in pursuit Of. as he was In citizen's
clothes at the time.
The counsel for the defense then ask.
ed for Browns discharge. a. no evi
dence had been thought to prove that
he was implicated, and upon the stale
ment of Deputy Attorney Turner to the
Z feet that he could not ask for his con.
viction, Brown was discharged, aud i'm
mediately put upon the stand A. q wit
ness for the defense. His Testimony
merely gave the movements OF himself
and com panioDs, and Of their subse'
quent meeting at Third and Walnut
Several other witnesses were called for
the defense, who testified to The Pre-
vious good character Of North.
After counsel for the defsuse had ad.
dressed the Court the Deputy Attorney
asked for verdict of guilty, and
stated that one very fatal thing against
the men was that they struck nau,
and that they did not intend TO pre-
.erve the public peace. Ii 1t was nots
CASE Of assault and battery there neye'
was a CT Sc of assault and battery. They
had no right to knock man down ana
then walk of and leave him. He
further stated that there was no intent
TO strike AN officer, but the evidence
showed that they had intended to strike
somebody.
The Judge, in summing upthe evt
dence, stated that the prisoners, AZ clt'
zel., ilau no right 10 strike anyone onI!
| in self defer ~, aud AZ the injuries ID
tiic,ed we're serious ones he imposed .
fine of $40 and costs Of prosecution %
each OF the prisoners.
James Collins, for committing an as
gravatlng assault and battery on heslef
Ann Graham, about a month ago, fr0n
The effects of which she had been under
the Doctors care ever since, she having
bad her jow bone broken and her fas
badly injured, was given hearing ana
Il number of witnesses examined. I'D,
case was clearly y oven, and the accuse
ordered to pay y line OfS4O and costs, sna
becoming very demonstrative and using
threatening language after the fine ha
been imposed, he was fined S2b add
tional for contempt Of Court.
Robert Brady, for drunkenness, wS
fued 81 and costs.
Richard Shea, mere youth, wa
charged with the larceny of Q coat anu
pair OF shoes from the house OF Hannah
Boone, No. 526 Walnut street, at au
early hour this morning. Mrs. Boone,
had given the boy shelter On Fr'la!
last, and he thus returned thanks for uei
kindness. He was accordingly held ID
500 bail for court.
WIN. Haggsrty, for committing al az
. sault and battery on Mrs. Medana, wa
tined SIS and costs.