RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2688, 28 September 1871, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

This Day. (Before A. C. Strode", Esq., R.M.) CHARGE O? ASSAULT, Walter Beadle was charged, on the information of Charles King, with assaulting his daughter. From the evidence of some witnesses, it was stated that the defendant, who is a strong lad about thirteen or fourteen years old, caught hold of the girl, who is about eight or nine years old, by the hair, and boxed her ears. \N itnesses were called to prove that the lad took her by the shoulders and round the waist, to frighten her. His Worship said, from the evidence of independent witnesses, he had no doubt an assault had been committed. Ho had had frequent complaints made to him of the conduct of the accused’s family, who appeared to be a positive nuisance to the neighborhood. If there was not an alteration and an endeavor on their parts to agree better with their neighbors than in time past, he would bind them over to keep the peace. The defendant was fined 20s and costs, or, in default, four days’ imprisonment. CHARGE OF USING INSULTING AND ABUSIVE LANGUAGE. • Perry v. Hutton. —Mr Hodgkins for the defendant. The complainant charged the defendant with using insulting and abusive language with intent to provoke a breach of the peach. The detail which he gave of the affair was in the coarsest and most degrading language, and he admitted that he not only challenged the defendant to fight, but raised his fist to fight him; but. desisted on seeing two policemen. Mr Shand, hairdresser, witnessed the men in altercation, but could not understand what it was about. He saw them part, but Perry returned and recommenced the quarrel. There was a counter-charge by Hutton against Perry. Hutton’s version was not substantially different from Perry’s, excepting that he denied the expressions attributed to him, and stated that the only reply he made was to tell Perry he was nothing but a “ low loafer.” Both informations were dismissed, as his Worship considered neither party seemed blameless. He did think Mr Hutton blameless, for he should not have spoken to so low a fellow. He only thought him to blame in that respect, and coudemued Perry’s language as being of the worst aud coarsest description, and apparently habitual to him.