R, (Pouce) v. Manoscicxn, Assault, Prisoner, " man of colour living in Bamboo town, was charged with assaulting a Chinese woman, at Hongkew, on the night of the 2ud inst, Prosecutrix, after being cautioned, stated that she met'the prisoner at a Chinese afore in Hongkew. He commenced to skylark with ber, an@ eventually struck her four or five blows with his fist on the face, and kicked her ow the body. In the struggle she lost her earrings and a gold hair-pin. Altogether they were worth $8. Her lip was cut by one of the blows, and one of the kicks bruised her leg. Sue bad also pain in the side from prisoner's ill-treatment.
The storekeeper and one of his apprentices were examined, and they confirmed the statement of the trix. The apprentice saw the occurrence throughout, and stated that the prisoner pushed the prosecutrix, and then she abused him in the Chinese language, whereupon he struck her, caught hold of her by the hair, threw her down, and kicked her. Prisoner then went home, and the prosecutrix followed him. Both the apprentice and the storekeeper saw that prosecutrix was wearing earrings at the time of the assault, and that Cuaxo An Pro v. Joun MoGinuey, Violent Assault, Prisoner, who is a discharged eoaman from the United States. war-vessel Ashuelot, was charged with having, violently assaulted the Prosecutor, who for the last thirteen' mon as been bar-boy and cook at the Hovgkew 'Tavern, 'The evidence' was to the effect that between five and six o'clock on Thursday evening, prisoner went to the Hongkew Tavern, and asked to see the prosecutor, with whom he had previously had some angry words. 9 informed that the prosecutor was in the cook: house, he wont to him, and struck him three times' on the face, blackening and awolling his eye and cutting his lip. Prisoner then walked away, but was shortly afterwar given into the custody of the police.
Prisoner represented that the prosecutor hada notorious reputation for ill-ysing sailors and that witan the previous landlord had Tavern, he was kept there colely for that pu: pose. Prosecutor had often abused him, and when he went into the cook-house he (pros cuter) rushed at him like a tiger, with ti poker, and afterwards scratched his neck: defied the Relic, or any citizen, to say he f¢ had been in Shanghai several month: had offended even a worm.
The Police said the prosecutor bore a good character. They had no complaints of his violence.
The Covrr disbelieved that the prisoner was the quiet inoffensive man he had represented himself to be, aid sent him to prison. for ten-days, with hard labour.
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