CRIMINAL COURT.
{"newspaper_name": "The Columbian fountain.", "edition": "01", "page": "p2", "byline": "TUESDAY, June l6"}
{"character_count": 844, "word_count": 146, "ccnet_language_score": [0.9729999899864197], "ccnet_perplexity": [1069.0999755859375], "fasttext_language": ["en"]}
IUEsDAf, Juue 1O.


The court was occupied all day in the hear
ing of U. S. Us. Wm. M. Stewart, commenced
yesterday.


Messrs. Owen Clarke, DR.. Richie, Lewis
Carberry, Robert Hurdle, David Walker, Jas.
Goslin, Thomas Neary,J. c. Frigge, Jonathan
Barnes, Jas. A. Payne, William Collins, and
J. Y. Young have been examined as witness
es. The assault and battery was proven, and
the defence turns almost entirely upon the
fact Of possession. Mr.. Stewart contends ths,
the tract OF disputed land was in his posses
sion, and consequently had right to expel
the workmen from the premises. The u S.
contend that DR.. Richie had possession, and
as these men were there BY his direction, Stew
art had no right to drive them of.


Bradley and Woodward for defence; Key,
District Attorney, and P. r. Fendall, for pros
ecutlon. The case is not closed yet