MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2301, 7 November 1914, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

» AN ASSAULT CASE SOME SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS During a discussion as to whether an assault case, in which George Blake was charged with assaulting William Faulkner, and Faulkner with assaulting Blake, should be adjourned till Faulkner had been arrested, 6omo serious allegations were inade' by tho police and counsel for Blake in respect to the aeBault. In asking for the caee to be adjourned sine die so that Faulkner might be Becured, Inspector Hendrey said that the case was rather a eerious one, in which a revolver played a part. The facts a«s he had them were that Faulkner's wife was acting as Blake's housekeeper, and that one evening Blake was waylaid by Faulkner and violently assaulted with a stick, Blake had drawn and discharged a revolver, and then beat Faulkner on the head with the butt of jt. Faulkner had been discovered Bitting in a shop with his head bleeding profusely from wounds, while a revolver with one cartridge discharged was discovered in Blake's possession. Mr; Jackson considered that the charge againet his client Blake ehould be temporarily withdrawn, as it was not fair that a charge such as this should be hanging over his head while the police searched for Faulkner. Mr. Jackson said that it was true that ! Faulkner's wife was Blake's housekeeper, and this was the cause of the whole trouble. Blake was forced to oarry a revolver as he had been repeatedly threatened by Faulkner, and only used it in- self-defence. Mr. Jackson persisted that the charge should be withdrawn. Inspector Hendrey remarked that he did not want the town to. come down to the level of American towns, where men walked about shooting people on the least provocation. ■ Eventually the Magistrate adjourned the case to November 13. OTHER OASES. ' 'An old man named John Ford was charged with forging the name of Richard Bro4n and Son to a cheque for £2 on the Union Bank of Australia, and causing Annie M'Donald to aot on it -. ns though it were genuine. Acoused said he remembered, nothing of the occurrence, having tendered the cheque for a drink at the bar of the New Zealander Hotel. He pleaded guilty at the conclusion of the evidence, and was committed to the Supremo Court for Bentence. ' ' ■ . Joseph Nohra, alias Soren6on, waß remanded to Wednesday next on two charges of forging and uttering at Wellington on September 24 and October 1 respectively. Mr. P. W. Jackson appeared for accused. Bail wae allowed in £100, with two sureties of £50 each. John Sullivan was convicted' and discharged for drunkenness and fined 40s. or 14 days' gaol for N indecency. For drunkenness, Patrick Brady was sent to gaol for one month, Daniel M'Farlane fined 40s. or seven days, and Ernest Walter Ormerod fined 10s. or 48 hours. Joseph Smith, charged with helpless drunkenness, was ordered to riav i7s. 6d. medical expenses, in.de-. fault three days' gaol. Three first offenders were dealt with. BY-LAW BREACHES. For using unlicensed vehicles for hiro, Edgar Shaw and Charles Bailey were each ordered to pay court costs 7e. Edward Barrett was ordered to pay court costs 7s. for keeping an unregistered dog. '."■ i • . '. ■"Fines, of -55., with court costs 7a.,. were imposed on tho following for bylaw breaches:—Ernest Grabtree, having no tail light on his car after dark; William H. Baldwin, allowing four cows to winder in Mortimer Terrace; William Stephen Jenkins, for having an unhorsed vehicle unattended in Customhouse Quay. Daniel Chapman and Cornelius Jeffries were each fined 55., : with _costs 195., for plying for hire with taxi-cabs at Thorndon Station without a license. For Sunday trading JameS Douglas was fined 55., with costs 7s.