CITY POLICE COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4240, 28 September 1876, Page 3

CITY POLICE COURT.

Thursday, September 28. (Before A. Mercer, Esq., and K. Ramsay, Esq., J.P.'s.) Conjugal Difference.—Archibald Cameron was summoned by his wife, Ann Cameron, for assaulting and beating heron the 15th inst., who also made application to find sureties for him to keep the peace. Mr Bathgate appeared for defendant.—Complainant stated that defendant had repeatedly assaulted her, on one occasion knocking her down and kicking her. He had also nearly stunned herself and children. On the 15th inst. he caught her by the hair of the head, and she had been obliged to appeal to the neighbors for protection.—Cross-examined: She had sent for brandy occasionally when required. She was not of intemperate habits, and only took brandy as ordered by the doctor. She had witnesses to prove tLat on several occasions accused had assaulted her. —Counsel objected on the ground that such evidence would be irregular. They had a specific charge of assault to deal with on a specific day.—The Bench were of a different opinion to Mr Bathgate. The information embodied an application to have defendant bound over to keep the peace, and they had the authority of " Johnston's Justice of the Peace " to hear evidence of a general nature. —Charles M'Grath deposed to having sem defendant endeavor to turn Iris wife out of doors. -Defendant was then put into the witness-box. He said his wife was of drunken habits, and led him the life of a dog. He lived as a beast, and his bed had not been made for months.—The Bench considered it a great pity that such domestic troubles were brought before the Court, as giving publicity to them made the chance of reconciliation further off than ever. There was not sufficient evidence to convict defendant for assault, but they would recommend him to treat his wife with greater kindness, and her to show more attention to the wants of her husband. The Bench had no alternative but to dismiss the case, with costs.