Feilding R.M. Court

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 70, 14 December 1886, Page 2

Feilding R.M . Court

This Day. (Before T)v Monckton, Esq., and J. 0. Thompson, Esq., J.P.b.) JIZSSEK V. PaLEA'SJCY. Jens Jesper Jensen (a Dano), of Ha loom be, charged Heinriek Paleuskj (a Pomeranian) that ho did on the 6th day of December, at Haleoinbe, make use of certain threatening language, as follows :— " I will blow you up, and if I had a gun I would do it now." Therefore plaintiff desired Paleusky to l>e bound i v >r to heap the peat'e. Mr Sandi lauds appeared for the plaintiff. Palensky was without counsel. He pleaded '"• Not Guilty." Mr Saudilands opened the case for the plaiutiff, and gave a resume of the evidence he intended to produce. J. J. Jensen deposed : He resided at Ualcombe ; had not beon good friends with defendant, who had worked for him during the winter ; on Monday called defendant up to his place, and told him he had heard he (defendant) had been spreading false reports ; defendant then used the language with which he now charged him ; was afraid of defendant, or would not have laid this information ; defendant is of a fearful temper, and he might carry out hia threat ; he has not been drinking lately, but when he does he is very rough ; had no malice against defendant. In reply to defendant : Had taken out the warrant within a few days after the offence — on the 10th inst. ; had never gone with defendant's wife. Frank Wesnoffski deposed : Know both parties; heard defendant say "I will d n soon blow you up, and that won't take very long ;" described certain conversations about the wife of defendant. Charles Manning, laborer, of Halcombe deposed : Knew defendant who was an excitable man ; he told witness that he had had a row with plaintiff ; defendant said since he had become a member of the Blue Ribbon Army he had improved in temper, otherwise he would have shot plaintiff and Mrs Palensky. By the Bench : Knew nothing against Mrs Palensky ; whatever was wrong was in the imagination of defendant ; would not like to say that the life of plaintiff was in danger; at least so long as defendant did not drink. Cross-examined by defendant : Had said it would be better to give plaintiff a good thrashing than to shoot him ; at the same time told defendant he was mistaken about his wife. W. E. Jones, laborer, of Halcombe, deposed: Defendant had spokon to him in a joking manner of borrowing witness' gun to shoot himself ; never heard him threaten to shoot anybody else. Cross-examined : Never knew defendant to interfere with anybody ; had known him about 8 years ; ho is not drinking now ; never saw him lose control of himself except when in liquor. Constable Moohan deposed : He knew defendant, who was vory excitable. He had been charged with assaulting Ms wife, but the case was dismissed. Mr Sandilands having addressed the Bench, the Court said it was not satisfied that Jossen was in any danger of ius life. The caae was dismissed, j