Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-11-22
ON TRIAL
The Manager of the Ellis
Villa College.
A GENTLE BUT FIRM BATTERY.
The Case 10 be Continued this Morn
ing-S0me Rather Interest
Ing Testimony.
ON TRIAL
A GENTLE BUT FIRM BATTERY.

Yesterday morning n, 10 o'clock the trial
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$500 1855, ''"s,a's"e, ""' '.,,,, Ins,,oo
Justice Morgans Courtroom win justice
Johnson, Of wilmington, presiding Dis
TITO, .,,a.,av ,yht,. a,nca,ed Tor the State
wv Nioi"e' "ni.e ,~,....-
and Gardiner and Godfrey Tor the ueiehse.
Fifty Jurors had been summoned and
so,,a ,,yo horrs we're consumed in selecting
'''' W. '""'H ~. -. Al, no
dozen OF them to Try the Gauss All tne
jurors had read the newspaper accounts OF
the battery. but. as godfrey said that news
papers never had any influence on peopie'
this did not dlsqualify them. Godfrey's
s,,,omen, about newspapers called foreibly
to tho minds OF the spectators tne remark oi
the old farmer ut Lompoc who said that
codfrey wasn't much of a LAWYER ANYWAY.
$500 ,'',' -. -. ,t,,a 49,, ,.s.
selected and recess was taken until half
mast one O'Clock.
FN'' $4,000. .,,..,o,,
hfbHhooN shSsioF'
Promptly nj the time named the court
room was filled with the usual crowd and
District Attorney white read the com
plant Of the People Of the State Of Call
fornia VS. ID. w. Hanna, on criminal charge
OF battery. The State called for the enforce.
mcnt Of the rule, which was granted, and
the witnesses on both sides were excluded,
to bo called when their testimony was
wanted.
MISS IAssAuauy
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IN the nan, l. lhen wen. pack uowi, s.ai h 10
treated So got 10 door opposite The
class room. near Mr.. Hanna's office. when
VAS was met by Miss Hanna who seized nv arm
to take the lamp from me. MIR. Hanna then
came out and swore at me aud knocked the
globe of the lamp. breaking IT, He seized
inc and drove me Violently back against his
daughter Then he pushed me against the
wall and choked me severely. saying, "If
Won don't take 1850 / will murder you, land
ihereupon he struck me in the fnce break
ing the skin 1 said that | would have him
n. 4
room, and after showing me ont on the YER
nndah, said / could sleep out there and
locked the door, After a while he let me
into The house and into nv room. but no
sooner had / got into nv room than he
locked the door and made me a prisoner.
lie would NOT let me send A letter To town,
and / was entirely In their hands.
on the evening of the 2sth he
opened the door and let me ont.
on the 2oth stole over the hills and begged
a ride on a wngon to town, where | swore
ont warrant against Hanna. Miss Hanna,
the Professor nrId myself were the only per.
sons present when Inc battery was commit
ted, Mr.. Hanna was always a meek appear.
ing man. but suddenly he changed from a
minister TO demon.
on cross.examinatiOn Miss Lessnngue was
shown A diagram Of the building and pointed
ont the plnce where the battery occurred,
The prosecution rested their ease ON this one
witness.
THE DEFENSE
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tnat during an ms uhe her iather never
salu woIu, Dut the Mhuhhie talksu louuly
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out OF nef room Whell she Went up stslts
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peen rlu,hheu' al9 ne, , VI US answereu
ner' htner Woulu nul hlloW any ihhil from
thS MHuhin1 70 70 70 Town.. No,
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tne usiehse. MISS simpson Is NIUE Dionde
s,,nopIinistress, VINO nus been living WIN
Mr' hannh fanny lor TWO years, ana ~