Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-30
Daniel Child, Convicted Of
Assault and Battery,
Gets Sentence Of IS Days in
theCounty Jail.
Martin Ellis Bound Over for De
seriion and Non support.

The Monday morning session oil the
Augusta municipal court was the
busiest which that tribunal has enjoy
ed for some weeks, and justice was
dispensed in three cases.
The first case called was that of
Daniel Child, who was arraigned on
charge of assault and battery, the
complaint being sworn out by Harry
r. Lishness, who stated that the al
legged assault took place in his stable
on upper Water street at about ~
O'Clock Sunday forenoon.
Child has been working at the Eish-
ness stable and ii came out in the tes-
timony that he has suffered from time
to time trouble with his head. at which
times he was not right mentally, and
that at the time of the trouble Sunday
morning he was suffering from one
Of these attacks.
In his story to the court Mr.. Lish-
ness stated that he went to the stable
At the time mentioned to take out a
colt for exercise. Child being asleep
in the office, and that while harness
ing the animal Child came out of the
office and announced his intention of
feeding the horses. Mr.. Lishness said
hat he told the man that 1t was too
early to feed. whereupon Child be
,ame excited and struck him with the
fiat of his hand on the side of the
head. knocking him down.
Mr.. Lishness further stated that
Child struck him a heavy blow III the
side and also grasped him by the
aroat, but that he succeeded in ZOOS
eninG the mans hold and getting
way. The stable door was fastened.
TT being sunday Mr.. Lishness stated
that he could not leave the stable that
way, and he ran around the team
Which stood in the floor. to get away
rom his pursuer, but Child kept after
lin and Mr.. Lishness seized fork
such as is used about stables and
threatened the man with it. Child,
however. was fully excited and rush.
d at him. and as he came nearer Mr..
Lishness struck him with the fork
| lcross the shoulder. That did not
top him. and the next. blow that Mr.
-ishness struck landed on Child's
lead, cutting the scalp and flooring
i'm. Mr.. Lishness than called Officer
)auteuil and had the man taken over
| he river.
Child was quiet When brought into
curt. He admitted the assault but
Guild not seem To remember much of
anything concerning the affair OF
sunday morning. He was questioned
some length by the court without.
much success and at the conclusion of
he case was found guilty of the
'harge against him and given SEN
-ence of 10 days in Jail Child had
been an inmate of the City farm and
While there suffered from mental
rouble, but had seemed to improve.
md for SINE time past had been work
ng out at service. He recently en-
cred the employ of Mr.. Lishness.
Following the above ease Joe Bushee
vas arraigned on a charge of intoxf-
alton, to which he pleaded not guilty.
the course of the hearing ii de-
eloped that Mr. Bushas was not
ase of simple drunk. as he not only
became intoxicated through the usual
'hannels but topped off by drinking
harness oil, and also making his wife
rink some. with the result that both
required the combined efforts of a
physician and a stomach pump. In
consideration of what he had done Joe
was given a sentence of $40 or 80 DAYS
| in Jail.
The last case of the morning was
hat of Martin V. Ellis OF Augusta,
who was arraigned on charge of de-
'ertion of and refusal of support to a
minor child, which desertion was al
eyed to have taken place Jan Z, 1911.
The complainant in the case was the
'espondent's daughter. Bertha L. Lyon
# Augusta, she being represented by
W. Z. Sawtelle. Ellis entered plea
of not guilty but from the nature of
he testimony introduced probable
ause was found by the court to hold
lim and he was bound over to the
september term of the superior court
N the sum of $500 -