St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-09
CRIMINAL CASES,
In Which Defendants Manage TO Es.
cape Heavy Penalties.

HI w hIcn DetenUahts manage I'D rs.
cape Heavy Penalties.
Samuel Hammond, little man with a
sandy mustache and goatee, and expression
less face, was on trial yesterday before
Judge koon, on the charge of having fe-
loniouSly assaulted Mrs. Mary johnson, who
lives on Second street, near Second avenue
south, in the rear of Chinese laundry.
The complaining witness, another elderly
woman, admitted that previous to the al
legged assault she and Hammond had been
drinking together, which evidently i'm
pressed the jury with the idea that her con-
duct had been in part responsible for the
assault. if it occurred, for verdict of
guilty of assault only" was returned.
Judge Koon then addressed the prisoner
saying:
This ought to be a lesson to you. APP
prehend that you have had very narrow eS-
cape from going to the penitentiary. From
the evidence verdict might have been re-
turned which would make it my duty to send
you there. You should make up your mind
that you will hereafter behave yourself. |
don't believe in long sentences to the county
jail, where ideness is enforced. Otherwise
l should give you a longer term than three
months, which is the sentence OF the court.
THE MAYHEM CASE.
L
Halloran, indicted Feb. 10 for mayhem.
The case has been continued from term to
term, and although the defendant had no
witnesses present, the county attorney in
sisted upon trial. The case will be remem-
bered as particularly repulslve one. Hal
| loran and young man named Thomas
White got into quarrel on Sunday. Feb.
Is, at Tom Murphy'S saloon on Western
avenue, and went to barn to the rear to
fight it out. Persons who followed them a
few minutes later were horrited to see the
two men rolling on the ground, Whites
face being covered with blood. Examina-
ton showed that his nose had been bitten
off. The mutilatlOn was horrible one. and
aroused no little indignation. White, for
reasons that can only be conjectured. did
not make any complaint against Halloran,
and has evaded any efforts of the county
attorney to induce him to testify. He was
not present at the trial yesterday, and the
state confined the evidence to persons who
saw the men before and after the fight, and
testimony of the attending surgeon. Hal
loran, the defendant, was the only witness
for the defense. In appearance he proved
TO be muscular young man. but did not
seem TO be suffering from any compunc-
tons of conscience.
white and were shaking the dice for the
drinks in Murphys," said he; II got three
aces and two deuces he got three deuces and
two aces L said 1 VIM he says You're a
liar We went into the barn to fight it out,
and fell under horse in the stall. Then we
fought our way outdoors. ! don't know how
White lost his nose"
County Attorney Davis in his argument
dwelt upon the eaormity of the offense-
that of mutilating fellow creature and
making him hideous spectacle for life.
E. NJ. Wilson, for the defense, followed
with an ingenious plea, which probably
convinced the jury that White bit his
own nose off. as the verdict would indicate.
He also made the point that in order to
prove mayhem that the state should show
that there was intentional malice on the
part Of the defendant. The jury. after
being out three minutes. returned a verdict
for the defendant.