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presumed tragedy.Heavy Ihisiage^.'life Evening News «»('th«20lh inst. contains an intc-j csling report of fi civil itrtufti'for assault nnd batrery, which wma Liivil in Chat lesion before Judge D, L. Wardlaw. during he Jat'e term of the Court. The parlies tothe suit werr Julius M. WoltFi’*, Nathan A, Cohen, Leopold Cohn and A. M, Cohen. The aside defe.lrjants had been indlcii d and all fhimd' guilt), at the Inst Octo. her tend of the Court, of ibis saint* assault and battery, and had been sentriKcl to pay lines us follows, viz: N. A. Cohell, $500; Leopold Cohn, $*200; and Aumli N. Unhen, $100.— L* t jh»til Colin uaAthu partner, and A, N, Cohen the on of N. A. C*hen.The phi ill i hr IV h A kept 11 small cloth ing store in Kmg street, was induced to go to tiie larger clothing- store ol N. A: Cohen CtilsfV, by t!fe following note handed to him by a. clerk of thcM-two defendants.*• Mr. J. At. Wold*:Sir—You will please call at our store, on bUsdne-s of importance.44 \ ours, N. A. Cohen Cohn.** Charleston, Nov. 4, 1852.”The plaintiff thereupon went, and wui very severely healen and bruised, and so much d sligmed by bis wound ' and the hlood from them that the magistrate, to whom he applied for legal •address, did not recognise him. Two or three physicians were called in to see him at different limes. The case was, however, managed by only one o? them,. The plaint ill' was cjii fined t his bed five or six days, and his bruises were visible a long lime, i he defendants offered no evidence either iu extenuation nr explanation.Al.er n protracted argument on both sides, I became was given to the jury, who, after a short deliberation, rendered ilu- following verdict:*■ V\ c find .va hatt A. Cohen guilty, ai d lined Five 'thousand Dollars.r \\ e tied Leopold Colin guilty, mid fined Two Jhtndre*i Dollars.41 VVfe find Aaron N. Cohen guilty, and One Jliimlt at Dollars.HI till K. BANKS, Foreman.N. A. Cohen has appealed for a new trial, on the ground of • xcessivc dam. agent.—South Carolina Times,The General Asttdmhly of the Prea y*tori,I n (?liurr.h in the Ttniirwl Xumj r.i'iy i ngl Inimi Vt»r the Su the ing hor s , wef Oilto I the on loThe it ivvhh-oIT I-del Sum liiri i v AIrn Iris :lt;r r am I hr tinionUiAH.a iFn tint pel niu hu cir pa j liar am frti cni wlii.itie;\EndeigC|twltlflm;itiewlthlt;Tldigwl
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The Sumter Banner
Summerville, South Carolina, US
Wed, May 03, 1854
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