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Show BOY BEATEN BY A JAP FARMER The case of the Stale against H. Sakimn, a Jap, charged with assault as-sault and battery on the person of .lohn Xash, a IG-year-old boy, was called in the municipal court this morning. The boy staled on the witness stand that on the day in question, he and othr b.ys were on their way to a swimming hole, when some of the boys took a few turnips from the patch owned by the defendant, an! that tho Japanese gardener gathered hold of him and gave him a trouncing. trounc-ing. The mother testified that the boy was severely whipped and that black ami blue sjxits showed cm his hody that evening as a result of the beating. beat-ing. The Nash lad said he did not take ?hc turnips and that ho did nothing to cuuse the lap to whip him. Tho cafe will be concluded tomorrow, tomor-row, when the fesiimony of the de-lendant de-lendant will be given. Sakini.i claims that he has been bothered by boys In the neighborhood neighbor-hood where he is gardening, through their petty stealing from him. and that ou this day a crowd of boys had been In his place and had stolen turnips, tur-nips, and other vegetables. He thought the Nash boy had something to do with It and simply took hold of the lad and tried to take him into the presence of a neighbor, who saw tho stealing, to find whether he was the guilty party. The boy resisted Sakliun. and, In so doing, tumbled about upon the ground The defendant de-fendant states that If the Nash bo was bruised. It was through his efforts ef-forts to get away rather than from hlows at his bands. Considerable Interest Is being taken tak-en In the case, the neighbors In the vicinity of the seat of disturbance being Inclined to take sides. |