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•I 24kCourt Oaiond*r.•uparlor OHulMl Court* Aofuit Torn, Aidrlob' J.WEIINEMMY AFrEKNOUS.Tbo ftm Jury acquluvd Jeremiah Sullivan on the indictment for assault on Of- « ttcer Gage and (be complaint for disturb- t, tng the peace. H. C. Hartwell mil C. S. Hayden for defendant.The Aret Jury was theu dismissed for * the term. IJames Hickey was trkd for a**autt with Intent to kill Isaac F. He welt ou the 25th of April. Hickey and He welt were aerv-iog sentences at the house of correction * In thin city at the time of the assault.Isaac F. Hewltl testified: 1 am stopping at Westminster; I was an inmate of the juil; Mickey aud I worked in the same t rootn; we each u*«-d a knife sod awl In 1 onr work; 1 saw Mickey try to slab another man; caught bold of his arm; with an oath he told me to let go; I told him to stop; he swore and said, “I'll put you through;*’ I put uiy arms round hiiu to hold him, slipped and fell; he struck at me; I had some trouble with biiu lhree weeks before.C. E. F. Hayward testified: Am turnkey at the jail; the men u*e shoe knives about fire inches lone (a knife was shown to the jury; I took Hickey utiL; he said he would kill some of ihcm if they did not let hitu alone; I took Hickey to the solhary; told him he came near kllliug Hewitt; he said he did not give a d—o.A letter wrluen by Hickey was read, io winch he says that he was blind with passion and expected to get five or six years in prison.B. F. Marvle, formerly overseer at the bouse of correction, testified that lie saw He well with bis arms round Hickey; Hickey said. lt;lD—u you, let me alone,” and struck Hewelt with a knife. 'l)r. George Jewett, surgeon at the jail, descilbed the wound, and said it whs od the shoulder, extending nearly to the ver-. Icbnc, and was 2J inches long on the outside and deep as tbe length of bis forefinger. It was not a dangeious wound.The jury returned a verdict of guilty of assault without intent to kill. llickey ha* about one year longer to serve at the house oi correction, and sentence was deferred.The court gave the counsel for the defendant in the Haskell incendiary cate till next Wednesday to file exception'.At 4.40 the court adjourned di.
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Fitchburg Sentinel
Fitchburg, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Aug 31, 1882
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