CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 3231, 28 June 1873, Page 2

CITY POLICE COURT.

Saturday, June 28. (Before hi* Worship the Mayor). Assault. —John Oogan was charged with having, the previous evening, assaulted one Charles John Tattersall in Princes street. Prosecutor failed to appear, and the accused was dismissed with a caution. Minor Offence.— John Grieves, charged with allowing his horse to stray, was fined 2s fid without costs. Anderson Bay Assault Case.— Henry Smith, William Cochran, Thomas Richens, and Thomas Jerome alias Ginger, were charged, on remand, with having, on the evening of Thursday, the 19th instant, savagely assaulted, William Saunderson on the road near A nderson’s Bay. The following additional evidence was adduced. John Jas. Barkman, blacksmith, deposed that about 10 p.m. on the evening the assault was committed he was standing in the back premises of Mr Niehol’ B house, Anderson’s Bay. His attention was arrested by a npise, and he remarked to Niehol that there was “ another row going on outside.” Niehol left the house, hut returned in a few minutes. Witness and Niehol then went out, and on reaching the street, Niehol pointed to four men, saying that there were the men who had abused Mr Sanderson, He (witness) gave chase, when one of the men fell. He got hold of the man who fell by the shoulder, and turned him over to see who he was, when he identified him as being the prisoner Richens. Witness continued to give chase to the other men, one of whom he recognised as the prisoner Smith. He overtook Smith at the rear of the Anderson’s Bay Hotel and named him. Smith denied his name, and witness replied, “Never mind, I know very well who you are.” Witness afterwards identified the remaining two men as being the other prisoners Cochran and Jerome. Niehol and witness then made towards home. They had not gone far when they were over* taken by the prisoners, Smith and Richens entering into conversation with them. A remark was made to Smith that he knew something about the assault, and he denied knowing anything at all about it. The other prisoner, Jerome, then came forward and said, “We are four to their three; let’s wire into the b Witness, Niehol, and the other man, Brand, then went home as fast as they could, and saw the prisoners no more that evening. To the prisoner Richens : I saw you two or three times that night in the public house before the assault occurred. I had a fight myself with James Saunderson, the injured man’s brother. That occurred between eight and nine o’clock, and before the assault on Wm. Saunderson took place. When yeu fell, as described above, you were about eight or nine yards from|the hotel. I swear I saw you running down the road, as stated above. To Mr Harris, who appeared for Smith : I have known Smith for the last two months. I first saw him, on the night of the assault, between seven and eight o’clock. That was at or near Ross’s Hotel When I first saw him he was about fifty yards from where Saunderson was found. There was no moon that night, but it was not a dark night. The whole four men could be easily distinguished running together in a line. Jerome was running ahead of the others when Richens fell. There was a general row amongst the lot of them that night. I had a little bit of a fight on my own account. Saunderson’s brother came up and struck me, and I would not stand that from any man. The fight, which took place in front of the hotel, only lasted a few minutes. A good few free fights took place that night at Anderson’s Bay. I was quite sober the whole of the evening.—Dr Cowie, sworn, deposed that the injured man was still under his treatment. He did not consider that he was yet out of danger. To Mr Harris : If matters go on favorably he (Saunderson) will be able to attend Court next Saturday. Application was made by the police, as represented by Sub-inspector Mallard, for a remand for eight days, which was granted. Mr Harris applied to have Smith admitted to bail. The application was opposed by the prosecution, and the Court took time to consider it.

BY ELECTS 10 TELEGRAPH. (From the Neva Zealand Press Association. ) i ■Wellington, June 27. Dr Donald has been appointed Reside** Magistrate at Akaroa.