Show ASSAULT AND BATTERY harrington HARB INGTON AND HELD ON BOTH CHARGES last evening aa at 4 oc loek the examination of john harrington Harri and david R charged with assault and battery on ibe the two twe Fin landers at Bil bingham ighani cafiso last week was proceeded cee ed with before commissioner mek mck dav aile the first witness called was robert H mcconnell who although present at the saloon knew very little of the row jacob wallace testified that he be had bad seen holme and erickson in the saloon on the night of the trouble aur had bad also aloo seen harrington and X as there had bad seen erickson lying on the ground after the saloon closed and had heard harrington harington talking to him telling him to get up and go home Erickson was moaning and crying to himself harrington said get up and go home or get up and fight har ringtom afterwards told him that erickson Erick aon had drawn a knife on him some months ago and for that he had knocked him down had seen musselman masselman and holme tussling and had bad seen musselman strike him a number of times with a pistol had also seen both harrington and kick him in the head and face after he be was down james Laugh laughlin lip and J H fitzgerald gave testimony corroborative of the preceding commissioner mckay la in summing up the case said that Af Muss elmana had bad been before him on a former or occasion on a similar charge he and mr varian had then interceded intercedes inter ceded for him and judge zane had reluctantly released him on payment of costs after that he be had bad bear beardt diot of Mussel manns being a terror to tb the e camp and of his bis drawing a gun on several occasions he was disposed tomake an example of him and his bonds would be fixed at 1500 on each case and those of harrington at 1000 on each case the bail was given and the defendants set at liberty |