Show the affray of I lut Ired M baday night fh the me ol 01 the people ve jarow M shape shupe charged with committing assault and battery on josiah taylor at harrisville eme up for hearing bearing before juti auti justice cc middleton this morning the details odthe affair were published in friday all to the suit were present judah taylor the prosecuting witness was first examined he eaid mid in substance that on wed ne day night last jan jaw I he ic left the schoolhouse at harrisville aud had bad proceeded a short dista distanced dis tonco ned on liia his way ay to the hous house of richard brown when he met defend defendant james joseph brown they were going to the schoolhouse to see am an exhibition shupe spoke to witness but the latter passed med on wi without noticing him much shu shupe followed and aid mid to witness W who ii are yu on what do you want replied that he lie did not want adyth anything ing that shupe was drunk and witness did not want to talk to him shupe then struck str uck him and witness returned the blow defendant waa was knocked dawn but got nt up and struck ta taylor alor again ajain pore more blows followed aal antl defendant struck witness a number of times with a knife and inflicted several ugly gashes on him at this tage stage the witness uzi unbound bound hia his head and took off hia his coat and exhibited a out on each side of hia his face free and three on his bis right shoulder the coat was badly cut the witness then said he lie did not know whether defendant had a nife in his hand band or not at the time i waa begun he did not eve b the knife he ile ran away towards the fence an a BOOK mom w he lie could after the moles was over sha shape e threatened to kill the witness josiah a taylor further said he knew shupe by tight sight but he had no acquaintance with him and did not think therefore that he had any previous ill feelings against him james dined 11 was tile next witness he ile vis mas present nhen when the previous witness and defendant had the melee and corroborated the main roam sta statement of josiah taylor lie ile did not cee see who truck struck the tile f first arst blow joseph brown and witness parted fw the combatants once but they were soon at blow again after taylor ran away witness heard defend defendant aut say jie lie was as going to t hunt tile son of a b h i meaning taylor witness did I not know then that shupe had I i used any foul means to abuse tay I I IM did net know whether r d defendant defendent had a knife in his hand han d at i the time of the melee or not did not gee see any ny but saw that taylor was i baba badly y cu cut t and was ble bleeding edini I i joseph brown ald tho farat lie he I k knew new of the fight was after he be lyel taken bigwife hia wife to the schoolhouse and was passing out again he IT I i then that joseph taylora taylors I throat was cut and thong thought t ho lie would die lie ile went in ip the diree tion ofha home and overtook Shupe whom he dragged into the house I and kept there until the constable arrived which was shortly after I maria brown deposed to finding a pocket knife the morning after t alio li c arriel she faund it near thol granary about ee seven en feet fr from jn the house that was wits the spot hoin I which her hus bawl joseph bra brown n dragged defend defendant atit house tha th knife mas ai pnAt tord end and wa a i I bythe it iad had t m blad aud pul was irain I edby cd by blood othilie oth ilig of I alir 10 assault i aly what tile hard i after the tile beelee wn was mr over I jeph alien allen tailor with o blell sworn il orji he ile its alef vilh ville precinct he lie anc bolling jolling jol ling it if the fight il hen 11 it elcuri cil but I bail it lie leard that joseph I calr lor throat hal hern cut nal th that at be he was bleeding h I he I went to joseph jodeph brown s houar wil I he be found the prisoner he st arch I i el ed liiri hin hut but fm all weapon i kind tin on lii ais i p is rs i s it he lie s ail ti the le kuit e produced iu court was giali iv n li him u ni by the awn kion ki on who aud it etli aliv next morning he lie the distance ind and I mind it was jut ju t seven feet from air mr z BO B O on 11 ii I li d up th the knife awl brwn joi brown dragged the defendant into il wawa tidied that shupe waa at the time of the hacault and for some time afterwards the ahn made a I int ment in nich he did not dony any thing which had been eaid said by the witnesses he ile eaid said he was drunk and crazy with liquor and did not know that he be had injured josiah tailor taylor or that he lie had commuted committed an assault on him until he lie was told of it afterwards he ile had no bad re elings against him and would not dot have committed the offense i he lie had been sober r he ile N v not be guilty he said of such an offense onename again while he lived he lie pleaded bard hard for mercy and hoped the U court urt would bo ba as a lenient towards him as it could the court explained to the defendant the nature of the ganse and told him that drunkenness was wall no c excuse use for oom committing other crimes ri roee the court ako ake pointed out ut to james M shupe the serious and fatal results of drunken ine leea and that the offense he lie had committed might have cost him his life after the defendant to lead a better life in the futiz future re justice Middle middleton Wn fined him bira and the corta |