AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 385, 13 April 1880, Page 2

AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Friday, Aprit, 9. (Before J. Aylmer, Esq., R.M.) RECOGNISANCES ESTREATED.

Charles Haylock appeared to show cause why a recognisance entered into by him to appear on a former occasion should not be estreated.

Defendant explained that he had been unavoidably delayed mustering sheep, through his son being away from home. With reference to the original charge of using language not suitable to ears polite, he made some more or less incoherent allusions to injuriee inflicted on his sheep by doge, and expressed his opinion that it was time to v round on " some persons unknown.

Bail estreated to the extent of £5. The Court then adjourned.

Monday, April 12. (Before Justin Aylmer, Esq., R.M., and his Worship the Mayor.) ASSAULT.

M. M'Williams was charged with assaulting O. W. Bridge. • It appeared that the assault complained of 'took place on Saturday evening at Wagstaff's Hotel. Defendant had wanted complainant to come round to his house on some matter of business, and on the latter declining to do so, complainant had put his handa on him and tried to pull him about. Defendant called Sergeant Willis to prove that, prior to the summons being served, ho had written out an apology to be handed to Mr Bridge. Complainant admitted having received the apology, and would ask the Bend to deal leniently with the ease. The Bench said that the tendering and acceptance of an apology put the thing in a different light. Otherwise they should have dealt severely with the case, as the assault was entirely unprovoked. Defendant would be fined 5s and costs. The Couit then adjourned.