Show COURT proceedings daimy bewham assault case bein SAM HING TAKES THE STAND he tells how he was assaulted mr sampson pleads guilty to unlawful cohabitation AFTERNOON the motion to dissolve the injunction in the smith buford case was denied and demurrer overruled twenty days were allowed in which to answer the case of sylvester osborne vs W A rhodes was dismissed by motion of D evans at plaintiffs costs an order was made approving the accounts of D evans assistant united stated attorney court adjourned until 10 wednesday morning WEDNESDAY court convened at 10 this morning pursuant to adjournment the cafeo of the people vs danny assault waa called D evans appeared for the prosecution and milner for the defense william sampson appeared on a charge of unlawful cohabitation ho entered a plea of not guilty A jury waa empanelled empanel led in the danny newham case sam hing a celestial was the complaining pla ining witness he was sworn and testified I 1 aliye at scofield J have lived there twelve years I 1 have kept a restaurant about six years I 1 was in scofield on the of IP january newham came there abai J his wanted his supper I 1 gave him his supper the supper was a quarter he was owing me over thirty dollars before het brew down a half a dollar and asked for a quarter back I 1 told him I 1 did not have any change he said you black g of a b if you dont give me back a quarter ill knock your brains out here our reporter got stuck on the Chinaman 8 english but his testimony was to the effect that newham had thrown a tea cup at his head and had afterwards drawn a knife and gun on his mongolian friend much to the said mongolians Mongo lians discomfiture cross examined by mr milner I 1 did not strike danny with a hammer I 1 did not have any hammer he threw a teacup tea cup at my head and alien run out and got a gun I 1 met him on the track with the gun he said you G d n s of a b you stand there you stand there he sighted along hid gun I 1 was scared and run the other witness for the prosecution were not present the prosecution rested mr lawham was called by the defense the defendant is my son I 1 remember this circumstance of this quarrel with the chinaman lie had an empty gun that night I 1 dont know what he did with it his arm had been hurt he said he had had trouble with the and had been hit with a hammer danny newham I 1 am the defendant in this case I 1 went into the Chin amans supper on the of last january I 1 gave him half a dollar for my supper he turned and started to talk to some other men I 1 said sam give me my quarter he turned tome and said dont you call me a s of a he threw a hammer at me and I 1 threw a cup at him I 1 picked up a plater but dropped it on the table again I 1 ran out of the house without my hat 1 I went and bot a gun I 1 met sam on the track and asked him to get my hat he said all right but instead of getting my hat he went out of the back doore had my gun on my shoulder I 1 go in for my hat because there were other men there they told me to keep quiet or they would throw me out the case was briefly argued by the counsel william again appeared and changed his plea of not guilty to one of guilty sentence was set for thursday april 3 1890 the jury in the newman case brought in a verdict as charged in the indictment mr milner presented a list of names of citizens of scofield asking the leniency of tha court in this case mr evans favored the request as the defendant had already been imprisoned for two months his honor imposed a fine of 5 court took a recess until 2 |