Show T over water john smith and jo john penman got into trouble over the water last sunday morning 0 which terminated in mr smith being quite badly injured with a rock mrs smith had turned the water onto their land at 7 that morning tho the hour she claimed they should take it and a bout about 10 a in john penman a 0 nied by james and alfred boulton came up to see sec if smith would not let the water alone they first told mrs smith and then started off but before they had left the premises mr air smith and hollowed at them when they started back toward smith mrs smith was in the summer kitchen paring t potatoes w with th th the e butcher knife a at t the time and when her husband started toward the men she walked out and got in head of him with the butcher knife still in her hand on passing by a gate mr air smith picked up a pick which he carried until within about thirty steps of the enemy when he be hurled it at them but missed ills his mark before throwing C it however ho warned the approaching ca trinity and said if they came three steps barth farther e r lie he would throw it at them mrs airs smith was a head of he her r husband lius band until they ha had d nearly reached the point where he throw pick when she moved a litt little lethe to one side As soon as lie throw threw the pick lack penman threw a hammor hammer which he had in his hand and then chased smith into the house with rocks throwing eight or more good sized stones at him striking him on a loose rib on th the e left side with the above mentioned results and struck one of the children on the leg when they first came up penman told mrs smith that if they would promise to let the water alone that they would go bac back and there would be no further trouble mrs smith said they would not touch the water until their turn came next sunday when they would take it as they had done heretofore later smith was taken to dr who examined him and said that no bones were broken but that ho he was pretty badly bruised after this mr air smith out a complaint charging 13 penman with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm the trial came off yesterday august at 10 a in before justice naylor and was held in the central school county attorney willey prosecuted and A NL looked after the defendants interests the defendant and his witnesses denied in court that he penman threw any rocks at smith and claimed that it was smith who throw the rocks at them and hurt his rib by running against a n c the corner of tho the house bous e an and 1 l that penman never threw tho the haibi hammer but merely flourished it in the air and claimed that the pick handle struck penman on the le leg 1 defendant was bound over to the district court ile he was placed under S 1500 bonds |