From the Genealogical Magazine of NJ (Vol 70, p.129)

                      AN ASSAULT ON  GEORGE BUTLER          

Hunterdon County Sessions. George W. Butler of Raritan Township in said
County, son of John Butler late of the said township, and now in the
Service of the United States, aged eleven years and four months, upon his
oath complains That on the 6th day of June 1865 at the Township of Raritan
in the County aforesaid, Robert LAKE of Raritan Township in said County,
laborer, with force and arms, did make an assault on him the said George
W. Butler in the peace of the State then and there being, and him the
said George W. Butler then and there did beat and ill treat against the
peace of the State, therefore he prays that the said Robert LAKE may be
apprehended and held to answer to said complaint and dealt with as law and
justice may require.  Signed G.W. Butler. Sworn and subscribed before me,
this 7th day of June 1865. Robert J. Killfore, Justice of the Peace.

On the opposite side of the above document, is written the name of
Charlotte Butler, beneath, "The State of New Jersey vs Robert LAKE. The
Complainant of Geo. W. Butler."

(Miscellaneous Record #15342, Hunterdon County Clerk's Office, Flemington,
NJ) - Phyllis B. D'Autrechy