Show 0 J BEFORE DIEHLS = = J B Robert and Joseph Scott word the defendants de-fendants In an assault and battery case which bristled with interesting featured The Scott brothers had It seemed so cured work for Cnrrto Prcbble their 15 ycarold niece In a Commercial street restaurant res-taurant whom they were working When L M Pratt who la engaged to tho girl cnmo In to talk to her the Scotts set upon Mm l Ono or both of them hit tho young man on the Jaw and Robert threw him out ot the place The defense was that Pratt was taking Improper liberties with the girl and the assault wan necessary for her mot tlon Robert Scott acted as attorney for himself him-self and his brother lie proved hla pro liclency by objecting to almost everything that Prosecutor Schulder asked In cross examination on the ground that It was Immaterial or had been answered before The girl testified on behalf of her lover amid replied with much spirit to tho questions ques-tions of her uncle ITo came up like a coward and never gave him any warning olther she mid vindictively Scott asked her 1C the young man had been fondling her He novcr put his hands on me If you wculd like to know IU was the response Tho undo addressed tho witness as dear and beaoutjhl her to tell the truth She retorted that she was tolling the truth and would not Ho for him or anyone else Do you know tho danger of an oath asked Scott sententiously rho girl reiterated that sho wan telling tho truth Dud then overcome by emotion oho burst Into tears Pratt contributed to the levity of tho occasion by rising from his sent while a witness for time difenso was on the Gland and shoutlnir Tell tile truth now Tell thc truth Joseph Scott was sworn and for about five minutes the two Scotts the prosecutor and tho court were all tnlltlni at once Joseph said that tho girls mother his sister and her husband did not have sense enough to protect their child and he Intended to protect her as long as life lasted Mrs Preble did not appreciate the Interference Inter-ference of her brothers and when sho met them In th ante room after the adjournment ad-journment of court she gave them a tongue lashing In which alleged unsavory events In their own histories played n prominent part Judge Diehl discharge tho Scotts saying say-ing that they wuro to blame because they did not strike Pratt t hard enough e Robert Jones was very much hart at the charge that ho was a vagrant I am not a Tag and I was never called a vag neither he exclaimed passionately passion-ately ateTht The officer who made tho arrest testified testi-fied that Jones was guilty of tho crlmo which includes all crlmcs he had no money Jones who Is an old man with labormarked hands gave a good account of himself and explained his penniless condition by the fact that he had loaned his money to amino promoter who had promised him a job at American Fork The alleged mine promoter having money la Iminuno from arrest Jones promised to leave at onco for Bingham and was allowed to go under a suspended sentence ISph Kellys familiar face appeared In the penitential row It was tho suno old story with a 30day attachment The battery case against t Mrs Wlgard accused of assaulting Mrs Dora Hague a neighbor was called Oft as the quarrel had been made up and Mr I i lingua did not wish to appear as a witness |