RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CROMWELL.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 120, 27 February 1872, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CROMWELL.

Til .'IISDAY, I LBRUAUY 22. (Before Vincad i '//L-, L's/, U.M., and Jama 7a>,'u,?,R n .,J.l\) Carolina Ise.nj.vmin c. Ann l»ox.— Charge nfassault. MrAlhmbyforplaintiT. Mr ik-ough, for defendant, pleaded not guilty. The complainant, examined by Mr Allanby, said:—! was servant lo Mrs Box. On Tuesday nigh!; she came home iii an intoxicated state, an I chucked a full 1) >ttle of brandy at mo, an ' threw a lot of slops all over my face. A dross of mine, worth two guineas, was spoiled hy the si >ps.--Cross-oxainiued hy Mr idrough : 1 did not say a word to M;s iivix at the lime m' the assault, and did not tin >\v a tumbler at "nor. -Air L'.rou r'.i suggested that plaiinih should withdraw the information, which he regarded as a very trumpery one. 'diaintiif ucd'med to aeouios :o in tiie suggestion : and, a.I kessing the Ideiieli in a tone of supplieati m, she said, " I'm but an orphan and a stranger hero." ilis v/orship said it was lahsurd to suppose tint the Lime of the Court could he taken up in hearing cases of so trivial a nature as tiiis one appeared to bo. Tne nUorj iuatiuu would be dismissed. |{, J, Cm; r. Cms >N.--This was a charge of using insulting liu ;uage ; hut neither I'o.'.irK >.\ T. id. U rrn:,'. —This was an information I iid ;i _;ain ;t defe idan; .>.,' •' erg' ant vessels for resisting and assaulting him in the exe- - eution of his duty. The Ucneh, a:'ter hearing evidence, considered there was not sutlicient proof to substantiate the charge, and it was ' therefore dismiss id. Kamk .". IS am;:.—Charge of being drank and ' disorderly. Fined It's, and oasts. Caroline lk:;;.L.t!!Ni". Ann Cox.— Claim, £"> os., for wnges as domestic servant. Mr Aliaiiby for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff for MOs. LloßKiiTW'A'uK:-;;; r. 1. Louuuxan".—Claim, Cli 10s., for services rendered as shepherd. Mr IJrough for plaiut.id'. The defendant had paid ! I' 7 7s. (id. into Coii'-t, ami put in a set-oil* for the , balance.— I. Lough.ian, the defendant, said :-£•! ' 7s. GI. was ;.s.i Iby me on behalf of plaintiff, for i the services of a horse to which his mare had , been .sent. ITi'ufifT did not dispute the item, . CI, for his share in a raid \ at the time we set- ( tied up. I'lahi'.i.T demanded his wages, and 'left without notice, emirary to my wish. 1 r i went over the items in »'iu pet-oft, one by one, 1 iwiMi iih.iiituf, >vho admhtod all but one—the ' am >;;.:t i wanted lo de.dm•*■, from ids wages in 1 did not wish the defendant to pay for the ser- > vic-s of !, ie Imrso. nor for ids sh ire in the raiile. - iue.iMs.ve.vaim.uui.l: by defendant, ho admiti.ed he had not i>:;ld for tin: services of the i'!,,,;•< • nor fo ids rh ire in the ra'd.J. ilcdidnot ' ' distaste th m-.'t-oiV when shown the items in del fendsim's le..'".;.'r--en:v the weed's wr-,g..s which l' defendant v. .'med i . deli.A -."is Worship sni.l i! i-jinetoafi'iestior. of en-dibiliiy of witnesses, ' ; an ,l l.lju Its.M: we-e inclined to attach mom J to the statement of defer. .Lan b than to ; ' ! tlmt of nlamlio. .lurgmoid was v,iven for 2i)s. in 0 : adiiiti ni to amount paid inm I'oiirt. lit I i M r |.i['\v)N i- »hj ivvsi::, legal manager of ('onv,nn'v-.-('laiin, -Cl!»