The commonwealth proved that, defts assaulted & beat [...] a man because he had stopped at their Hotel the evening previous, and was trying to go away without paying his bill, — The assault & B was committed in the back yard, Immediately after the the asslt & B was committed, defts charged that the man assaulted by them was trying to escape — but in their presence he denied it & said his carpet bag & umbrella, was still in the house — & thus he intended to pay his bill,

W, G, Reasor
City atto