COURT ENGAGED ALL DAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1912, 21 November 1913, Page 8

COURT ENGAGED ALL DAY.

i TEN PERSONS BROUGHT UP. J ONE OF THEM TAKEN ARMED. I RECENT RIOTS DESCRIBED, , SHOWERS OF METAL IN THE AIR, .' Strike cases occupied the attention ■ of Mr. W. G. Riddeli, S.M„ nearly all day yesterday. Part of the story of the tint at the ■ Post and Telegraph Stores on October 30 was told from the witness box in the . ■ case in which Charles FrwWrick Beau- ■ montwas eha.rged with having taken ' , part an the riot, A clerk deposed that on . October ■ i 30 ho saw the crowd in Post ' • Office Square moving in a. body' . along to Waterloo " Quay. He saw ■ Beaumont and two other men go to a . ! heap of stones and take sOi.no of t-honi. ' ■ Some hundreds oi' stones were- thrown; ■ the air was thick with tkejn. .Witness had known Beaumont for some lime. ■ Eleven davs later witness saw Beau-. | moiit talking to some, mounted > "specials," aiid he at <mce challenged s accused with having taken part in. tho ; riot, and the special cotistables afrrcWd . him. Ho did not, however, sec Beaumont throw any stones. i The Rush at Waterloo Quay. » Sergeant M'Glono, of Dunedin., stated- ' that -he was outside the Post and Tetci graph Stores on October 30., when a - rush of men came from Post Office Square, There wore some trucks, oil tho ■ ..-railway siding, and. tho men climbed i Juki these. Beauinbnt was one of tho s first in. He called -out; ''Game up here, 3 boys,. and set) the ■"— -scabs. Look at them!" Be then jumped but and - gathered up several largo pieces of t metal, after •which ho returned to the- . truck. Nearly ail tho men in the trucks were calling "'Scabsi ■'jye't US' ; get a-t them." Some time 'ater they got out ■Of tho trucks and. pulled down th£ fence round the- yard Qf Uhe .Post and Telegraph . Stores, and rushed to where tho special. men and. the horses were. Several of than), wore then armed with liars of ir<ai. others with pieces. ; of wood, and others with stows. .Witness -also saw at least four men with, revolvers. Some .were calling' out, "Shoot tho ——," Before tlio mob reached thg horses, however, the special constables J mounted and galloped away- The crowd throw stones and iron bolts after tlifim. Witness saw one 'mounted constable ] struck on the bead. Ho reeled about jj for some, time, having received a scalp j wound ahout three inehes in extent. Witness and the tuen ■with hhu did what l '■'. they -conKi.., hut they were simply swept j to one- sici.e. The riot lasted., .about a f quarter of a» hour. Hed-id-not'sce ac- ,• eus'ed throw any .stones. ; "KM Themi" i Constable Cummings .stated- 'that ho ; wa's iiiside the Post and Telegraph - Stores at tho time of the- riot, ji'iid sawi tho men. in the. trucks. , There were.' '■ about 800 or ,1000 nieil in and -about ( tho trucks, and many- of tliem- were' ; calling out, "Look at the scabs." The. i nwb was armed With .pieces of iron, [•- pieces of.wood, and-stories. Witness ; was struck on the helmet by a stone, : i and several stones hit him in the back, i Constable Fallon • was slightly injured,. i and Constable Ekford was threatened • with a .piece of timber.- . .When the crowd-got'into tho yard they -rushed- : tho. special coustablo.s, '.'Shouting : v - ''Kill them." Tho special i-mcir r<jde off, and ■ witness succeeded in -getting/the -crowd away. WW he went, to-' tho gate a. little later a, large "number of, stones: were thrown at liim, : H-e' -saw Ifcati-: mon.t in one of the railway- trucks and in th.o yard.; The disturbance, he thought, lasted from five i to sove.n, •minutes. Detective-Sergeant- -Cassells stated that wheii'lio. searched Beaumont onNovember .10 (the day of his arrest) ho found a revolver and 25 rounds of ammunition in his possession. Witness remarked to Detective M.a'S'on-j :'vi;hb -was ] present, "What wa,s. tho date of the disturbance oil Waterloo Q.uSy.P" andv accused said, ?'lt was a Tiiursday. ! ' ! Witness asked, "Bow do you k'n.oW?" And Beaumont answered, "I was there—in. the trucks." . Accused was a seaman. Accused pleaded not 'guilty, and was .committed to tho. guprcihG 'Court for-' trial. / j , ■ . ' f FEATHERSfON STREET CASES. ' , . FUSILLADE DESCRIBED. William George Cockell was charged '■. with having,. o» -November o, taken part in an /Unlawful assembly' in FeatliOrstou Street, M.h J. i\ ty. JOicksonappeared for him. (ieorge Challo.rio.r Tripe, , a special constable, said ho h.ad witnesseil ths arrest of Cockell. Two men declared ■ at tho time'that Cockell but Coekell denied it. 'Kenneth Ikaican, who Was itoting as a special -constable e.tt duty at 'JGovenif : ment Buildings on the- afterrtopn of tho : riot, stated that at the time in -ques- : tjon a st-afe of riot esisted":-psbplß weto' .stoning the special constables, A fcand or abput thirty - mfe/i ' into the-;. grounds at Government . Bjiildings: When witness saw him, accused was" ■ .miming through th.6 gato f.'rg : ni Whit--, more Street. When arrested., Co.ckeii' s-sid that-lib had thrown iw stones, .bijt-, witness heard two people say that fjioy ■ ..Bad seen 'liim torow'Jng. Three pjtiieVmen were arrested at .about 'the : .S'a'mo time. No missiles-' were found in the; man's clothing. • s ■ To Jl'r. 'ffiekswt: Mr, KeUh.edy was' joiie of the two men Who charged Cocketr 'jyitili having- thrown -stones." Cockell then denied the accusation.' Thci gate Was burst open when the crowd were" getting in. William Sellars Bennett deposed as to the state af riot prevailing at tho time. He saw tho stones flying Wtiou the : ' crowd were peltht-g the specials. Two ' men eamo through the .gate into tho ; grounds at Government Buildings, and ' as they did so they .turned, and threw-; somo missiles at tho special constables. ; 110 behoved that accused was one of ' ■the men. "In my own mind,'" he said, ' "t am absotutely satisfied that he was ' one of tho men, though I would not like to swear positively to- it.". The position was that -these ni.cn retreated into the grounds. Accused Was fatukl'cy) i b.y a special constable, ,'fhey fell, ami < struggled, and as aceiVsod sftenw-d like- i iy t-6 gft the bettor of tho affair,- wit- ', Mess wont to th<* Djiectal cfinstable's as- ! sistance. Accused then asseitocl that . he had not thrown a stone, and had' 1 merely gone into tils ground far pro-tee- ■' tkm. People there, hmvin'oi', .«aid .that ''■ tiinv hiid. seeu accused throwing tuis- 1 < siles. ' ! To Mr. Dscksotr- He did not think i that he had" marlo any mistake, as to llio identity of tho man. ■ I i "Poffeot SHowor ;of Mlssllds;" ' •,, 1 Alexander Robert Kennedy, spe.e-m'l constatile, stated that lie wa.s ijj- Wliitmoi'o Street on N'ovomber ,S, and saw the lrwtHilnl siieeial' eons Utiles in the i streets. He witnessed the riot from < near the Telephone He saw ' stones thrown at -the mounted men In- '< hien standing on the. corner stTp.d of t-l-j-e ' exchange aiid by men in the street. Ho. * saw one mail with a pieeo- of scantling 1 in his band. ScVi?ra! ha.d gathorfld tho f ■stones from the street, while otliofs already had them in their pficfrets. There was a perfect shower of missiles, .■and somo of the horses were- badly hit., r Inspector Hertd-rey: Somo of tho menj : e too* e

Witness: "Yes; but 1 did not see the men hit." Witness wont>oii -to 'say that, anticipating a charge b.y the mounted' men, he hurried into the. ground's at i' Government Buildings and took ■ W P ' position near one oi the gates,.•intci.idiii<; to arrest aiiy of tho riotors who entered. He recogiiised Cockell and saw hiiii arrested. For several iiiinutes -ha saw him amongst those fi'bni whp.i'n tjio shower of stones canie, but lie ,was 'hot prepared to swear that accused act'ualiy threw sialics.; To 'Mr. .Dickson:" T)i« crowrl neiirthoExchange .minvbered from eighty to one: h-undrccl, and were fairly scattered-. Mr. BidksQ'n, .addres'sii.ig the Court, contended that persons present,in an ■unlawful asse.nihly ■ through curiosity were not guilty of"-an offence. Accused when ivrt-estctt had no .'missiles in bis, posSc'ssipn, and no oii'e had Sivo.r'u.-pSsi-livoly tiiat Jie had thro.wn. aiiytliiiiiii CoGikeli gave ■■c'.v'ideii.ce: '''Ho- said that lie Went to Whitih'ore.S't'r'eeji.QU.t pf ciiiv iosity. To oscijie from a .charge horan into tire grouuds -'at -Gldv.ernmeiitlsuiMiiig. As lie ran in lie -Was hit ,ou' tho head -aiid ■knticl'tcd ciq.wh' -So then : -pj-Otested'iiisiiiiioceijce, . Ilis-poeto.r Hendrey-'.' What-iyas j-our last huat? ..'.,' ■Oo.che!!-: 'flic Waliine* When did' you . -leave that ''Npvemiier 3,''' ' Why?—"Wfe got orders from our union to come out, and we did so." ■Out of sympathy with the. watersidef*. on strike?—-' Yes.'" You knuiw that there was very strong feeling among the strikers against .th& mounted special ctjUs-tiibles ?-^-|'\*cs.; I ■was quite aware of that." .Did you agreo 'with that.?^'''No.;:" Then, do ;Vou tliinlt it was:.a': :; gop'tJ!..' thing to -bring them into, the '"' The Magistrate: I don't think yqii. need ask liini that. ...■-■■"' '"'■' The accused pleaded Mot guilty, aiid , 'was -committed to tiro-Supremo-Court .for trial; """•■, "Horses Would Not Face It." ■ . AlcXandor'Churchmaii,.who-gave his ; bcc-Upatidn a§ a 'labq.u'rsr v wiig" charged with having taken part in. an ' iinlaw- : 'f.ul assembly in fether.s'toii -Street pa Nov'o'mber S, Mr-. Dic'ljsdii:: i-eprcsoht-r ed.'-hinti, '' "■' " ! 'Veriio.h Eustjice Va.ugha"u., ■ special ;. eans'table, gave evidence..-to the'effect. ' that the shower of -stouos was ;so, thick 1 that tho horses woiifd.' nti.t ;fa'co ,j't-J gird. ', -wheeled -about.. One man threw tiro ' cud of a box at a horse.' 'He saw one hoSso-s 'hit and. badly ijut by a missile, .lie,- onei'iioui.ited iu-Jtii knocked ftoih lii.'s. jiorso-. _ Another Special --constable, Alfred Wi).- ( -lia-ip Belly. ,wliq was o.ii duty at the. .tear . of -Government Bn-il.diugs on the aftor^ ~ floon of November -5,.-: and .witness.e'd. t1.19 ; riot, stated that be saw 'Churchman -iii '.- tho middlo of the Wiiitmoro Street , ga'taway, ..Accused .camo out oif fho i. sc-ruh near the gate-,-.and,, .keeping eio'se , to the fe.jlce,.-.threw a stone jji, the dir..- ;■' roction of inp.uuted constahies,. who wcr© ;,.. passing along '.Wlritimore-' Strict-."at tlift' ;■ tune, just prior to.this thb.,"ni'ouilted-■ i .ineii -nag* charged. IJe saw 'GSuretiina'n:' . arrested, He. w.as <jf opiiiio.ii Vthafc , ; ae-, eused got into. .fecailiilig tho- fence, .''.Cliurehniah '..rese'rved, '.his dofeneoj pleaded. HPt .guiltyj-O'-ii-ni.-niij , catanjtft'ted to tho'' Supreme; 'Court for- , .trial.-. Bail. was reduced -from. '£80 to >' £60. ;', iOHIRO ROAD FICHJT. ! om feo/ft AMOKTII/ i. . With his .face hearing evidence :of inlury TTioiiia's Vann .appeared w. tlie' dock to WsWi a of lavtag as-' , sajiltcd Wajtor ! i.u :Ojiiro Boai oil 'Wedne"s'd.ay..eye:n.i.tig;'.and.With hnviiig used lnsuitihg'' laiiguage'"- Whereby a Ureaah of the peace had been -occasioned. Inspector ■Heiidroy,, m outlining tho ease, said Jphnsgn,--Was drivi'iig a part' ■on thoj'ay hpniCtd his stables at tire . time of tho pce'urrfi'n.co. . .fle was fpl- : lowed by ii. croivd:, who stopped him at : the foot of Ohiro' Itoad, mi .the. ac- ( ensed was one of the- crftwd. Somo of the ■■mob took hold o.f*the horse's bead,' ..and others, unbuckled ■sonio of the liar*' - hess. Insulting Words were also hurlon at. Johnson. The latter tried to ■ protect his Ibiise/ffiid was struck at by Va'Mi. Tho result was a 'fight'; which Van-ii..gpt nnich -'the Worst of, ' A' bad teature.Qftho'distur.banco Was that' ~soine- f the -.e'rpwd - distributed -.an tliei road: ab,put ?0 specially-made hails with; iir • ■* ,; - I 'PP. li - :n -g tho liotse. Mr. Tjicksbu, eoui'isel for tte' -accused, -deseribe-d tlje-affiajr as a stand-up fight. ' Iho-Magistrato: Tin's 'interference, must pease. Accused- will be sen'teiiced nS"° WoWlr's imprisonment. The charge- of having used insultiiiß' language was withdra%n, , OTHER TRIALS. AFTEH THE STME&ItS" MEETi?j(|, A plea, of .not ...guilty Was .onterod.bj ltobert Boyd, Av.hp was cliargcd-with iiav-ing use.d.']ns.u:tting words; with the .intention of provoking ,a breach ■■& thepeace, Mr., Dickso.il dbffin.ded, Detective .Lewis.-gave ■evidence'.to tiio :etteefc that ho- Was .liear the,Slsatihg Bflik-iu. VivraiiStrePt at.abput t3O <&■. W ediiesday .afternooh, wiien a larc'6 llUnibcr of Watersidei-s camo out of ifio' TWk. in wliifih.th.o:y had been holding a meetang. : T!.,ey heard Boyd call out '.scab- to sprnpsiiecia-l constables, t'hey. -arrested-.liim., aiid: witiiess re"m,arked s "I siipiwse y ; ou know .What we.'want.'you ■■/,■<■ %^ d *ep:lied,.''-'l: did'.not-.calf ■out* -. , '.'Who -said you: did?.".retorted" the -witness-, ':'WeH,.".said ;Boydj. "souibi. ■ono ncjxt to mo.-caTled' ;; oii't, aiid. t 'thought I" might bo pinched in. rats-' takbi" p.et.oet'ivo Aiidre*s 'corroborated this evidence. \ . The defence : Was a deiiial -pf thec'hatge, ,-ind a siiggcstibn that' tho de■tectives liad ni-ade a .mistake;, t-hp coik tention beijig that, it was * man just < ;. behind Bdyd who: had called out... Boyd: Wfts fined Ml, hi -default 2) da'ys' iiijprisonm'ent., ' ' - , MartW :Str.eet t'rotiblai " William- Jaiiics :Reevos was charged with having us'od jtisulting 'language'to ' a driver Wjth. iuteut to- rirbvbke. ii 'breach of. tlie peace Th;fe alleged .offbiice: 'tj. said to have, been committed iiiWreot oh Wednesday .evening. Reeves'" pleaded lioj guiltj'.. Mr. ,J. F" : '\V" ' Dick-son appeared .for -him, and asked'-fpr' a .remand. Tito )dci'enani].t-.<w--as -remajWw - cd-tiU this mpr.iiiiig. 13ail :Was'fi.xe:d at Month for ln.sulllti.B Spaoia'ls, On* nvniith's 'impi'isonnirii!: Was lis' "i"i|/(>sed oi? Alter Short,. «io on Wednesday tise.il obscew? kiigu.-vgo ill t-Ustomlio.i.ise Quay. He pleaded •KHiltv. . His language keluoVd the usiiat stntei's' epithet-. luspoiitov' Hendrey stated that tJie lai.igiiago 'Was cliret-t-cd at soijic niouate'd, ■spe;/iai eo-n-stiiMes who wore procee.d.ii.j({ ! iilong the street, aiid Shore w»S at tfe ti-iuiv anwijc vbe c'rowd on the footwa.y.. M-e was arrested '!»• two special c'oii. stables.. _ ;,' _ The iMagisifato: Defcn.danv, ycjii affi liaMe' to si line of £*28, oi' oii'e ;ye;ar')s- - Voii will ho sejitonct'd to one iiuuith's ii'Hpri.s.iJiiineut. Taranaki .Street Csss. Wrtlvai.ir Gp'oi.-ro lienoiil, 'was stergerl' '. with ii-iii-(ii.|i used, ins.uitu.iji; llngitoge'tln- ■ einditig (,'lnV usitiil .iirpid) to\sprtial ,'coii"'. st:iW«« in Taranato Street Oft doy (Sveniiij;., wii-ii 'trite.ijt.to .provoke -a, of tl'.e pea.eo, ''Oiv:t'.lve-.app[ica- " .t?.-iii iff tli!!....defendati'l''s epiinsel.,. .',: Mr. ■ Dickson, ViMioul Was mmniided till to-/' day. Bail (£10) was a.llowoa : A - ; ;. M Por Picking Alp StpneV ; : <- A rather well-dressed yo'.u'ng. --..man;.. ■'■ lriinied..-ffraiik Law, Who was repre'Rent-.": I .' cd b'y.Mrv-E.. if. SFitzciUboii, was- ih"arg«- >, ed wrtlv hayiug used-.'threatening-sboifv

liaviour in Tory Street on .November 4, wrereby a breach of the poaco was occasioned. i Inspector Hondroy said that on the date mentioned a number of special constables were riding up Tory Street to the Mount' Cook barracks, and Law was pick up a stone. He was immediately pursued by some special police and was arrested. The inspec-tor-mentioned that two witnesses who had been sent for were at -the time of tho hearing on their way from Masterton. The question of their expenses would have.to be considered. Mr; Fitzgibbon mentioned that the police had reduced the charge against Law from that of having been a mem-ber-of an unlawful assembly to tho present count. As to the witnesses' expenses he thought-.that .the State might well pay them.. . Law was fined £2 and witnesses' Kspenses. .■■■.■'■ Bailed at £200. Four charges were made against Albert Anderson, a turn of 33 years of age. It was alleged (1) that on November 18 he took part in on unlawful assembly in Manners Street; (2) that on No.vember 18 ho assaulted Philip Powoiy a 6pecial constable; (3) that on October 24 he took part in a riot on Queen's Wharf; and (4) that on October 24 he assaulted Captain Arthur Hardy Kitching. .-. ,-.'■. Mr. Dickson, accused's counsel, secured' a week's postponement of tho ease. ' .■■'■'" Mr. Dickson: I ask for bail. The Magistrate: Yes; bail £200.. ; The police withdrew a charge against George Hardham of having used, in Riddiford Street, threatening behaviour whereby a breach of the ' peace was ■ occasioned. - - ' .■