MORE MEN BEFORE COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 9

MORE MEN BEFORE COURT.

SIX PERSON'S CHANGED. PLUCKY SPKCIAL & HEAVY BLOW. Joiin Troy, h burly seaman, wis committed to the Supremo Court i'or 'trial on a J'l'fliw of hnvmg inleirtionaily .done bodily harm to David William

I i'rnser, a special constable. Mr. ■0 Learv appeared for accnscd. Special ConstaWo Frascr, who is a i JiiHiig maii, stated in evidence that ho was t one oi u party fit rfiaiinted specials who wore returning along the wntorlrmit io the Artillery Barracks at , 'ilwit V* p.m. on November 5. Passing , Hit; wharves ho was struck en the i shoulder by n stone. This reissiio emtio . I 10-m behind him. The result had been . Hint ho was tillable to Work with his . loft arm for sumo time. When. struck _ be ■almost fell from his horse. Oh No- , vctnbnr 10 lie went to this .Hospital, and , runnined llk'ic till November- ],5. Tho p.iusch's of the shoiikter had beini inj ii red, 'to Air, o'l>»ry: It was true that he had been treated jn tho. Hospital for tonsillitis ;is well as for an injured shoulder. He would not have gone to i the Hospital but for the fact, that ho t had tonsilitis.

! George Ranby, a speeial constable, i stated that ho saw I'Vascr struck oil • tho shoulder by o piece of road metal as big as a man's clenched list, Butectivo Bioberg; What effect did that have on Fraser. Witness: Well, you can hardly tell, Frasor is a peculiar man. Ho probably has more pluck I than anyone else in tho whole troop- He has proved that. So it is hard to say what effect it would have on him. . , . However, lie fell oji tho horse's fleck.' and had to be supported to prevent him from tailing off. Tho witness added that tho stano eamo from tho direction flf tho wharf. Detective Bailey deposed'that lio saw Troy throw tho 6tono which struck Fraser, Tho blow was heavy, and the Stano large. lio arrested Troy, who, on tho way to the Station, remarked: "I don't know why I threw tho stone. I had Odly the ono stone in my pocket, and I threw it." To Sir. O'Loary: Troy was a seaman and, at the time of tho offence, he had not been long ashore. No other stowm j were thrown at tho specials at iho place 3 ■in question, and nothing was found on i the accused that could liavo been used : to do harm. t Mr. O'Lcary asked that tho charge should bo reduced to oiie of common assault or assault on a constable in tho execution of his duty, if tho couut of intent was deleted, a pica could be entered, and tho matter at onco disposed of. The Magistrate replied that the charge would have to stand, Bail Was reduced from £100 to £80. Mr. O'Leary said that the smaller • amount could bo obtained, and that unless bailed Troy would liavo to remain in prison three months .waiting tlie session of tho Supreme Court. twenty-one Gaol. William Robertson was charged with lmving used obscene language in Tarannki ytreet on Tuesday evening last and with having assaulted .Herbert Edward Rogers, a special constable. Special Constables Alexander M'Kay and Rogers gave evidence, Rogers stated that Robertson assaulted him in Tory Street and struck at Jiint with a piece of timber about the size of a, long fence paling. Accused stated that hp Wag 4, t00 jolly well drunk" to make airy explanation. He was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment on eaah charge, the sentences to tun concurrently. 1 That Epithet—£4 and Costs. Calling out ''scab" was alleged against Joseph Barton. who also appeared oil a count of obscene language. .'Mr. Dickson appeared for Barton,, who is a carter oil strike, and stated that the explanation of tho conduct was that his client was Under the influence of liquor at the time, Inspector Hendrey stated that tho laiiguago was Used in and'near a restaurant. Barton Was fined £•(, in default 21 days 8 ; imprisonment'.' He'.was ordered ' to pay two' witnesses 8s? eaehj.-aiid on a charge of insobriety lie was fined 6s. Twenty-four hours' time in which to pay tho fine was allowed. Barrett's Hotel Cass. s Monday's affray in Barrett's Hotel r was again mentioned in Court when , Max AVolle, who was arrested on Tuest day, was brought up on a charge of - having assaulted Joseph ICilkolloy, a special constable, so as to cause him bodily harm, Woli'o was also charged l with having Used obscene language, i Mr. J. I'. W, Dickson appeared for ; Wolfe, who expressed'a wish to bo tried t by a jury. , i ChieMJotective Brobcrg: This arises i out of a disturbauco in Barrett's Hotel , on Monday. The accused is a striker iu i ntoro senses than oiio., i A remand till November 26 wis made. Bail was fixod at £150, i Cases Remanded. ! Arthur Ilodkinson, deemed by tho police to bo a rioter, was remantled till November 26. Bail was fixed at £HO. It was mentioned that it will ho alleged against Ilodkinson that during the Featherston Siroet riot on November 5 he threw raid me.tal. Charles Frederick Beaumont was rfe* inaiided till this afternoon on a charge of his having taken part in a riot oil Waterloo Quay on October 30, Case in Petone Court. A case arising out of tlie prosent strike eamo before a sitting of the Justices of the Peace at Petone yesterday. The ca.so was one iii which Joo Biamwcll,. who was represented by Mr. P. J. O'Rcgan, appeared to answer two charges, 0110 of using insulting 1311gnago on tho Esplanado, I'ctolio, on November 16, with intent to provoke a breach, of the peace, and another cf; assaulting ono Alfred Gregory on the same date. Evidence was given to the effect that Alfred Gregory, who is a- driver for Riddlor and Co., Ngahuuranga } was driving. a cart along tho Esplanade/ when he shouted out to a group of men, "Have a six shooter reaay. Rickey's coming out here." Ho had driven on, and on returning in the samo direction shouted out the same words, Bramwell had then called out, "You're only a scab." Gregory had thereujwn jumped From the: cart aiid was then struck. Informant's version of tho affair was to tho effect that accused had struck him twice when 110 (Gregory) had jumped from his cart to remonstrate with accused for calling 'hiiri a "scab.", . ( Tho Bench was of tho opinion that informant had used provocative laiiguago and dismissed both informations. Messrs. B. W. Short and J. Piper were tho prosiding Justices.