MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 134, 1 March 1919, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

SQUABBLE OVER A DEBT AFFRAY IN CAMBRIDGE TERRACE The attention of Mr. F. V. Frazer, S.M., was occupied for some time yesterday in hearing a case in which John Robert Burley, storekeeper, of Hankey Street, proceeded against a driver nnineu i James jfierrylees Robertson, of Cambridge Terrace, on an information ot assault. Mr. Hoggard appeared for complainant. Hurley said that on the evening of February 7 he called at defendants house in order to collect, the balance ot a debt which had been owing to him lor a period of nine months. He had called at least thirty times before, and nau received small amounts, but oil the present occasion defendant told" huni to get off the premises, calling him a lresujterian mongrel." ' , , , i,„,i Complainant admitted that he had called .defendant a "bludgeiv but onij as the result of severe provocation. Evidence was given bv Dr. J. »• Elliott that lie witnessed the affray tween complainant and defendant, lno latter was doing the attacking, Hurley evidently being on the defensive. Bui ley was either pushed or fell with great v leiice over the kerb, and witness though' ho might liavo been seriously ln W™; Witness examined him three days latei , and discovered a bruise and an ab on the right thigh near the groin. looked like a mark from a kick. . uere was another bruise on the left thi D h a a large swelling over the ribs on left 'side of the chest. The left eye « black, and there were numcroifs atoasion. on the face and a swelling on the side ° f Mr. e boggard: Mr. Burley was retreatVJfttlW'»»!»' •» senting a very good front to the enemy. said he would not have struck Burley had the atter not inade hB CwSA m inclined, to the jinion that both parties were in laige responsible for the trouble, hut he held that defendant should have desisted ftom attacking when complainant attempted to get away. . Robertson was ordered to pay Ai breasts. ALLEGED BREACHES OF LICENSING LAW. A charge of having on the premises of the Brunswick Hotel afte the ordinaiy hour-of ch? s '»« 31 was admitted by Colin M Coll, \ a Onghton, and William Oughton Chaites James Pimm, barman at he bote 1, plea ed. guilty to supply inn tha ftreß.aeten ants with liquor, but q George Henry Tiller, for Mi.. U• Beere appeared, defended ai in of having sold ii((uor at a tune v hen t ! ? )re mii s were required to be closed, and a farther charge, of .having exposed Ev°klence was'-given by Sergearit Butler, thatCvisited '.e hotel O' jj? i. ton were each fined •&- ""'J Pimn • • judgment S Mr Justice Sim with reference to tlm liability of licensees in cases similar Hint under notice. OTHER POLICE CASES. Four first-offending inebriates were dealt with leniently. . . , A Chinrtman named Wah • Kee nas lined £1 f< r selling cigarettes after!) j Oil February 7.. Inspector Bai'e} sw that all possible steps had been take to warn the Chinamen of the requisition rcarding tho hours during which tobacco and cigarettes might bo sold''They adopt a 'No savec' att.tu;le,' ho said, "but they know the requisition as well as I do." For failing to attend military dul s W .T. G. Brown was fined m default 128 days' military detention, and W. M. 'Edwards and R. Walker were fined 10s„ in default seven days' I'lihtary detention. On charges of breaking the conditions of their prohibition. orders, Agnes Campion was fined M. with . 7s. costs, in default U days' imprisonment, and Nomian Bennett. JS, with _ 7s. costs, iu default seven'days' detention, i. .