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'Assault in the The daily morning journal and courier (New Haven), 1880-1900'

yacht race Incident Recalled

Item

Title
yacht race Incident Recalled
Date
24-Feb-00
page
1
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020358/1900-02-24/ed-1/?sp=1&q=assault&r=0.287,1.103,0.162,0.178,0
Crime
Assault
Subject
gamblers; stabbing
Gender of alleged offender
male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
male alleged victim
Stage of the Legal System
sentencing
Location
Out of State; New York
Length of story
115
Description
New York, Feb. 23. The steamer
Georgianna row during the yacht races
last fall was recalled to-day by the ac
quittal in court of Charles Berry, who
was charged with assault by Charles
Q. Horton of Hartford, Conn., a vet
eran. Horton testified that a fight oc
curred because the boat which had a lot
of gamblers aboard did not go to the
race at all. He was stabbed in the body
and he claims Berry' did it. The de
fense was lack of jurisdiction and the
Jury returned a verdict that the crime,
if any, was not committed within the
jurisdiction of the county and on the
return of the verdict Berry was acquitted.
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