Before Judge Liang Loong, in ye, Brovinlnal cout, on Friday joining, Mrs, B, Grinberg, and B. Shornik, Russian Jews, of 159 East Seward Road, were charged with "assaulting w'tenant of the first-acoused's ' boarding house named A. Spunt on Juno 2 striking him about the head with their clenched fists, and on June 3 by striking him with their clenched fists and by throwing a porcelain vase at him and breaking his. spoctactes. "he case occupied most of the morning. Mr, K. Luchich api ed for complainant and accused were not represented by counsel.
Complainant's story was that nccused, without cause or provocation, attempted to eject him from the hoarding house in which, he so hho was legally entitled to live. When he refused t the female accused held hi punched him while the second accused. delivered several blows hhis face and body, resulting in two Diack eyes. On the following morn-jing, neeused, together with Norwegian "named Halmgreen, again assaulted him and broke his spectacles, Mrs. Grinberg again held his arms and hit him, Halmgreen punched his face and Shornik threw the vase at him. Following the incident, complainant was examined by a doctor, whose certificate was handed to the judge. Complainant said that, aside from spectacles, he had two shirts and a coat torn and a hat damaged, these being valued at 938.10.
What it Was All About Mrs. Grinberg deposed that accused had had a room for a month and ten days and he Inter asked for a smaller room. At the ime, a Norwegian couple came and agreed to take complainant's room in the attic, so the Intter agreed to take a smaller one. When the Norwegians came "with " their baggage, complainant declined to vacate the room and said he could what he liked. He used very bad language in' addressing her and insulted her to the extreme. ''She denied having held com: plainant's arms and said "I-am a woman, I was much afraid'
She admitted, however, that there was a fight" between complainant, and "Shornik, who came to her assistance when complainant insulted her. She admitted also] that, on June 8, Shornik and the Noriregonan assaulted complainant, who, seeing. that he was no match for hem, went upstairs and tok out a dagger. His wife managed to take this from bim. Halmgreen took part in the fight because he. had paid $5 for the room, which he could not get. It was complainant who threw the porcelain vase, not Shornik. Shornik was given a black eye by complainant and bitten on the shoulder, Shornik corroborated this evidence, as did other witness, Judge Liang' said that, on the! evidence submitted, he found that: the woman Grinberg did not: assault complainant: there was; no proof to this effect, so she would be acquitted. His Honour' was satisfied that Shornik was:
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