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4b ^(Duv (Countvu.FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1SS4.COMPLAINT AGAINST ABRAHAMBUSSEY ISAAC BUSSEY FOR ASSAULTING THE POLICE INDISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTY.f'l'c^s-cr(mined.—Have been three years in the-force. There were about twenty-tive or thirty, all apparently scalers. I addressed another person, not a scaler ; lie was two or^three feet from Grieve's otliee door, lie told me he bad business to settle with the nliwhen wo got ivorosi to tlio north atdoTiT^ . Water Stmw arrived before he got acroj** \laid bold him to bring hiyi to tlm loek*tlp*The crowd was trying to tear away the prison Tkoy were pinging ’out they eiiouhl gelcr.* ■ . Ci Cl • * ^the prisoner thutr-ju- was a wrecked sealer. 1 iiassisted Fahey in arresting hint. W e brought |him across till we came to (lie horses stand. |ion present. Walter Grieve’* oflicc was hot mentioned, t toldhim if he had busing with the men to ^ ^ ^ nm(,u ,b(J priOT,„M wc pjt t„ vvTiiEivriti iiei uni t m ^ i ta^e them into the cov e* I i ^ the horse atamh He caught him hy the collarEMDE.UE Ot CONSTABLE FAHEY, upon him and turned him. I would re-The crowd wore still surrounding 11V. I was not acquainted with them. I wtJtild knowvPolice Covrt, April 17. 1 he trial ol Abraham Busbov and Isaaccognise him. I caught him by the ^h'oulllusgey, for assaulting polite ‘whilst in the discharge of thehyduty, on Saturday afternoon laSt-vomhien«pd in the Policeand roe a sheath knife over constable Fahey’sback with his right hand. The crowd thender, and shoved him towards the tcntre I rushed in and ttwk the prisoner and hauledof the street. I did not strike anv man. j him with u* down to the cove. The crowdT Kin WWTlTni* llh rlirl nnt were sincing out they wouldn’t give himt*y\Court this morning, before Judges Prow'sc and Conroy. /'The chdrgea were. ^Ist,Pol in in (ILncltaryc »f thyir 2nd..Uti Hijttinff toA,On botteirnette pr/*oplt;^ these charges the prisoners pleaded notiruiltv.Mr. Boone. Counsel for Complainants, moved for withdrawal id' all witnesses!and the Court ordered all, witnesses to retire.Mr. Mori sou, one of the Counsel for the• beingprisoner-obliged retire.a witness, was alsoL*EXAMINATION t)F ANDREW FAHEYgate.beat fromA bo u tilnlnt know tTotn whatsidewalk. iwdTml theOu Saturday \yas on theMarket*house to 'Quictn’.sisjur o'clock a large crowd of people got round IV. Grieve’s office on the side-walk.About 2o or do present. Didn’t know anv of them: saw tho-v were sealers;, f 'ship. Both theaccused were present on side-walk.in thecrowd 1 hey were obstructing side-walk.Saw them there about ten minutes. Icame up the harbor Didn't sec the man with lus head tied up ot Didn't notice him when 1 first crowd. I saw Isaac Bussey there; asked (hem to move oil' the sidewalk—the v said they wouldn't, r said, “ Men, move ofl 1 to sidewalk; you can't be standing obstructing the sidewalk T ! addressed he crowd genera My ; several persons saidt hey wouldn t. After some dillieultv got them to move out in the street ami jstncwalkjree. 1 remained minutes, wsjjen same crowd rushed in again, and sid. \ow We re in: push u«»ut. I noticed Isaac but not Abraham.Ti ni;l” •‘“lhared off to me on flic sidewalk. He shook his fist at me and-saidknow vou. and other wordsv f didn'tI saw, his mouth bleemhg. lie did not fall. I saw his mouth bleeding when he came in. Had not then seen Abraham Bussey. I arrested* another man, aa, 9sealer: I caught him bv the collar; Iw * • «cauglit him by the shoulder. I wa- facing down thestreet. He was lacing to the west. I did not push him towards snow bank in the street. Before arrowing him 1 didnot use violence, but put myth and on bis shoulder. He was not walking up and down after I spoke. In the beginning of it I don't know but I did catch hold of him. and shove him pff the sidewalk. Don't remember pushing anyone from the'sideof platform towards cove. He was near G neVc's office when I arrested him. T would recognise the parties. I didn't notice any sealers in the cove between Grieve's and Baird’s comer?- Don’t know where they came IVoiiU; The scaler was going with us and wottifd have gone if ho was let alone. I had him only a short time when McGrath e;pno. Isaac caught hold when I brought him across tho street. Down by lt;irtove’s store door I first saw Abraham. He had a sheath knife in his hand. He was facing me with it—two or perhaps threj* yards from me, but not within strikingdistance. McGrath was keeping off fromme. lie ’w as not betw een us. he had bisbaton out. McGrath said “Are you going toslab me?” He said “yes, I’ll cut the gut- out of yon. I did not see Abraham then for a couple of minutes. I looked over my shoulder and saw him.He was over McGrath, who was under him across the slide, Hn had McGrath’s baton in liis right hand and over his head. I did not see the knife then. No knife and baton in the same hand, liengutg out they Wouldn't give mm up. lie was a wrecked man. We were crushed down by tin* people to Grieve’s store door.Some one sung out to look out for the knives. Falniv told me to draw myi1 saw knives and drew mybaton.baton. Abraham Bussey had a knife drawn in his right hand making towards me and:MFahey. He was making toward us with a knife and I turned. Adieu him if ho was goingtoslab us. Jle said he wutilil rip tin outJacave couple othear. I caught holdtold bini«... ■*—* of tin I would arrest binlest him. McGrath came from up town to my assistance. T~brought him fnris-man. and I did aroner) to the stand hy the crowd.Ij* store door, oy and prisoner were before the- crowd all rftuudvlirisW c were then seized .. ■^^■1 saw Isaac Bnssev there.• everal parties shotted out, •• Lotus take nm from them. -We wore laid hold of by seven or eight others. Isaac Busseytook prisoner by collar, and the crowd, Isaac among them, pulled us across thecovc mean McGrath, the prisoner andme. I was advising him all the time to Jet gp tho prisoners tfrf would not. brought myself bv GrieveIsaac Bassme, *audheld on to my prisoner all the lucre were some citizens and seulcrs. They were all scalers he rescue was attempted. 1on the sidewalk when McGrathand I had the hy the store door.the prisoner. I heard some.parties inlni!-r° - r i101!1 out’ “Lo°k Out for the -m \i ? k'?? over mT i#»onWer and it f „ 1 Bussey with a sheath-k nfe. lie was trying to get towardsbaton jt !? McGrath to *draw hisbaton. He drew it, and faced Abraham, h *ard him say to Abraham, “ Are voura. ~ita.YhiD* r H*' -tSwas going to strike wh«Ai I caught him by ihlt; siiouldcr. He was not bleeding thenprisoner. * I stopped111us. Itime.somewhenwascame.saac Busscv still hadWhen T got the baton out of his hand I struck him with it on his head, because he was interrupting us in discharge oi duty. I struck him for what he had done drawing a sheath-knife to ult;, and for having McGrath’s baton. I sawno shcnth-knifq when I struck him. I bad no revengetowards him. I thought I was in rwk ol my life from him, I struck him over the right temple/ 1 noticed blood, aiuf found blood alter on his face and clothes. I was not excited. T struck him deliberately. T did not strike the sceond blow on that man. 1 then arrested him. Isaac Bussey got hold of him and hauled him away from me. 1 don’t know hut Abraham fnay have got a dozen blows on the head from others. I saw no one else strike him. J won’t Swear McGrath didn’t stike him with baton over the head. I am furnished with Manual Jiy Inspector as to my conduct as constable, and never saw anything in reference touse of baton in the Manual, and nothing in regard to the use of the fist in striking persons.Re-Esam 'med by Mr. Boone.—I pushed the non-sealer off the man who had his mouth eut. Struck no one up to the time of the row in the covc. Never uslt;?d my baton at all. It was in the ca.-e till I made prisoner of Abraham Bussey. Thescaler referred to was the prisoner takenfront us. who used the language spoken of. If not interfered tvith would Have had no trouble. A civilian gave me a knife at the door of the lock-up, and told me* a constablo gave it to him. Before T struck him, I. .cut the guts out of vou.” I tried get, Isaac clear. Looking overSLaWr* 1 Mc0ra’• I Me that he was knocked over. Therehod M° 5\nc *;c,u;cen «»: Abraham Busseyhad McGrath’s baton in his band, and out McGrath’s head. Isaac had hold ofUrisoner when I let him go. I followedup, Abrahamitilll got McGrath’s batontll,en bV Isaac,and then struck Abraham withfhc baton«n the head and arrested him. Isaactnok hold of Abraham tlien. Constablo‘ agound a couple of civilians then cameto my assistance. Abraham was resist-nig aF.ejgted by Isaac. While endeavoring to arrest was hauled down to bottomwas tripicd by same person behind mo.[Knife pnxluced in Court, marked A. B. Y.|Vcoye. I struck Isaac on the handswith the baton. During this time I wastripped by some ono and fell partly ciown. I heard tho Yvickct gatestruck him deliberately Bo that he would not dbablo me. I didn’t see thlt; knife then,Ue-tjcaminaL—Abrfthum had hold of me by arms after I took baton. He at no time made an attempt to strike me. I expected violence, and didn't know but I would get a shoatU knife. I shook myself clear of him and struck him with the baton. After (lie blgw I still had trouble—he tripped me. He lay down. I am positive, he did not fall inf consequence of the blow I struck him. He was'scdiiblo when I brought him to the lock-up. After I gave the bnton to McGrath I did not see him use it.I saw McGrath when baton yras first taken out. He was offering it at Abraham Hussey and the crowd. Diu not see any scultle tie tween Abraham lhissey and McGrath.At Hwo o’clock Court adjourned tillII o’clock to-morrow.of us. Made for him with my baton and faced him buck intothe croi/d. Hr disappeared and I turned tu assist constable Fahey. hsac Bu-.-ey halt;| hold of liplt. 'HTc crowd separated me from Fahey and prisoner. Was seized by the arms behind by some one unkown to me. Abraham Bussey go^my baton. I partly fellitaVnnrnn. I was shfA’cd go the prisoner and panic to my assistance. Tlie dark man had the baton over my In ad and was in the act of striking. The others were trying to get me down and heat me. Falioy wrested the baton from the dark haired mun aud struck him on some part of the head. Eahey and ! got separated after that for somd time. I was separated from him when he took the baton andiIsidfiWAW agniubt a a down. Faliev let mtfitgtrutrk. lie ua batllinj^vitl) h ^calhuntor.!ialt;I Eih U uu batoiu- Siimiritfit* suut; (Hit to yofor tbe lioriib. lt;m* man took out i»ne liorn, ami I 11 K*k out another to my self.Before 1 haiV time to defend nn'rAt thehorn wiis tnken from me, .Saw Fahey hold of the hlack^hairotl man Whowas hlmtuig. 1 he dark-haired man^he.d j Ills knife in his ^heuth* Took the knife out of j the dark-hatred mun b sheath and handed il tu j a civilian. Seized the prisoner with Fahey and brought him to the lucfctip. W hile takinghim Iiac Hu^ y followed u up* Abraham | fkissey resisted till we got hint on the slide. At ^hetime that Fahey took the baton he was tiippetF and fell down. Saw the dark man with hi** knife nut making for Fahey when he was jji|»p,k,F I*4’ then put it in his sheath and I took it out. Am two month* in the police.San m y.tuI kuive-n drjuvn that day.t id * *KxAmi si:i BV Mn. MeN ni;vA in onlv iwo month* in the iKiliccA JosKicd tile(tmrv, in St^/.TohnV. lie -force on the.l Ith Felirtfnilong t*i the Smith Side ol the ItivcT llend of:Iliiilor ^r'raee. Have known Fahey for some*Have known Fahey iveui. llaVobeen in the same Vessel with him*h w.e not through his influence that I got into the police. When first I saw Fahey hewas near t!rimVs cormr on the side-walk, about a yard from il* He had a sealer in his eustlt;»dv, that \va on the sidewalk. There were nhoitt ;;o or 4d persons cm the sidewalk* No one could jMiis there* There was no one in the eoVe. Did not look to see if there was anyone hetwe-on Orievcs corner and Bairds. Fahey was facing the Umise and trying tf» get clear ol the muh* 'fifere were some of the crowd to flie westward of him. He was surrounded. There might have been 30 at tin* westward and aroimii him. Saw Isaac Bussey lintl. Saw him over against the ^tand oiMhe north-side when in* caught the prisoner hy the hack of the neck. When he caught theprisoner he llomished the knife over Fahov. That was on the math-side of the street. Delnot see it before or after* Don’t think Faheysaw him HR the knife, for his hack was towards him* When ! saw Abraham Bussey he was down by the store door; hifw him there; la» was making towards us with a knife in his hand, not over his- shoulder, Fahey was at the store door. I was more out in the middle of the cove. Might he VI or 1.1 feet from Fahey* Abraham Bussey was ulmtit tJie same distdnec as I waa from I alu y. Bussey was tothe northwanl. There were no persons between me and Fahey* There were none between me and Bussey nor between Bussey andFahey. Bussey was rushing forward and seeing me with a baton he stopped* Drove him back into the crowd. Whilst lie had the knife in his hand I drove him back, lie did not attempt to use it on nn\ he was too much indread of the baton* Did not see what he didwith the knife. Isaac had hold of I he prisoner. After he got separated from me in the crowd Fahey seized him and took the baton from him. The crowd closed in on us. A* Bttsey took the baton from me. The knife was theu, so fnr as I know, in its sheath. Couldn't say if anyone else had hold of me when the baton wastaken. Fell on my side over the catamaran. Bussey and those assisting him did the wholtyof I it in putting me down. Only a few seconds before J?ahey enrae up he took the baton from Abraham Riismpv* who got away, and Fahey had , to follow hint The crowd thought to prevent me from getting up. When Fahey struck Bus* soy—he only struck him once—*1 might Ve ^ibout a or 4 foot away. Bussey didn't have a knife m his hand when he was struck. A few minutesafter I took the knife out of hi* sheath. * Ho wasstooping over Fahey, who was lyittg on the ground, when I look it. Fahey Is i?o fritiid ofmine. Fahey had no conversation with me i\ tothe occurrence. IIo had nothing to sjiy to me about tlic evidence ho gape yesterday* Itcnd It this morning in the papers. (Jot a Police Manualfrom the Inspector, but have not had time toj read il yet, Have been on parade when a chapter or sb might have been rend. Didn’t gee thel1t(lt;lt;tEvidence of Constable Mcbratli,tI£fI1IIiVnvtiiVtlcirciinittnncc whirh 1«1 to the arrcxt of the fir*tman l»y Fnhty. -If tlmt man, the firnt prisoner, | B hail been left to himself lie would Jiave cQine | nquietly.Ue-Ewminku iiy Mu. Bikj.vk.—Can't *uy how Ion? Isaac' Huiocy had the V'dC. Saw knives wh- u it win sung out ■■ look out for knives.'’ Saw several knives then. There wiw every danger of that becoming a serious riot.The Counsel forTue prisoners thcu informed the Court that the in jure A ruuu was in a veryweak condition, and the Court ad jour nod till to-morrow a* 10 o’clock.openingor shutting’. There was an attempt made 'y tsitae Bnssei' to get mo in, but I putPolice Cocht, April 18. (Beforoa Full Bench.')my foot against the gate. Before that I called eevera/times, and asked if thereYt*3j00 pe^yh to assist the police. Edward Walsh -eajne *and rendered assistance when near hor.-e and slide, when Me-* • ut.t was down. Got the horso and elido and/ brought up Abraham. Isaac bad a-argc clitb. I afterwards saw Isaac in the lock up. Tlfere wusa^largo crowd nijd much cum motion, and danger of a-rlot.Lacy and others of the horse poliac’camedown a^er wc got Abraham Bussey to the lock-up. *This morning Mr. McXcily applied for tho discharge of Abralmm Biuwoy from custody. Tlio Court Reserved its decision.Jeremiah McGrath sworn.—I was on duty on Water street from Market House west toiFahey’s beat on Saturday lost. There was a riot near the Market House. 1 came fromthe westward alxnil 4 o’clock. * Received information of a rovi and went over. There were a good many seol-huntera around Fahey. He had a man arrested. He was a sealer. Fahey and the prisoner were a little to theeastward of the conier of Grieve’soiljce. Someof the crowd were trying to get the prisonerfrom Fahey. I raindemifV some who inter*!Iaa;d*11Ait
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