MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 19, 22 June 1874, Page 3

MAGISTRATES' COURTS.

CHRISTCHURCH, Monday, June 22. (Before C, C. Bowen, Esq., R.M., and J. W. S. Cowa 'd, Esq., J.P.) DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. The following personsa .csted for c ivu'rcnness were fia I :—llcniy Flavell, 10s ; John McCo raick, 10s ; John J; nos, I(J • ; John Montgomc:.r, alias Rattercy, 20s ; i ud John F, Hunter, JOs. Edward Ambrose, for being d unk and exposing himself ao the railway station, was fined 20s, or forty-eight hou's. John Lane, a:res: d for d anker ic&t, and who was still suffering ceve.ely from its effects, was remanded to Lyttelton until Saturday next. VIOLENT ASSAULT. Bentt Jorgensen, a Dane, was charged wlth violently assaulting his wife. Mr L. Deßcrg acted as intci pec ter. Inspector Buckley called the following witnesses ; Chief Detective Feast, who sta' ,d that from information received yesterday, he proceeded to the Hcathcotc Valley, accompanied by Detective Walker. F : st met the prisoner coming out of a house with a l ag on his back. His trousers, vest, boots, and shirt wore all smeared and covered with blood. He (prisoner) said that; rose from a cut on bis thumb. He (witness) then went to a four-roomed bouse occupied by two families, Saw a woman there who n lie understood piisoncr to say was b's wife. Her face and head was all bruised and covered with blood. Her clogs were also covered with blood. Ho (witness) then went into a bedroom used as a back room, but the prisoner was very unwilling that be should go in there. I he floor of the room was one mass of blood. The walls, windows, and things in the room were sprinkled all over with it. Asked him if he could account for the blood, and be pointed to a cut on on his band, which be said bad been caused by a saw, and that that was where the blood came Horn. Examined the saw and pointed out to prisoner that it could not have been caused by the saw as there was no mark of blood on it. Saw the prisoners wife who either could not speak English, or would not, to tell him anything about it.

1 he d e s pro. a .d \va > admitted by iue wi.e to be »e s; it s cove rd \v■ lh bl. 1 and ha'*’. I.m t‘oarers a >d o u< r c'ol' os p ducfd, wh ch prsorter said were his, a r e also cover .1 with b'ood. Afterwards brought the p isouei and b s wife ‘ > Clu.s* jhuveh. look tbs woman to Dv Coward, and the prisoner ’ > the lock-up, and charged him with violently assaulting his wife. He begged hrrd to be let go. and said he would go yight away, and neve’ do sue a a thiug again. Uudei stcc a him that it had been done through d ink. Peter Claussen, working at the brick yards, Heatbcote Valley, lived is the next house to prisoner. Returned to the Valley on Saturday n-ght with him. Went inky his (piisoncr’s house. The wife of the prisoner wrs in the house at <hc t'me with the other family, but she got a candle and came inlo bis (prisoner’s) portion of the house. Pusoucr then beat bis wife b.’cause she was not quick enough to pvll his clothes off. He then ’.nocked her dow i in a corner of the room, id kieked her in the face and about the body several times. He k ; cW her on rnd below the chest. She was ly’ ig on the flooy at the t’me. Saw b'ood coming worn her face ml body. Priioae* to"k hold of Ids w'fe w"'h cue hand and stuck her he’d aga nst the vva'l and beat her w ih the other. Wn'le he had he by the throat her face was covered with b' id, and he could not say whether .any c c me fom her mouth. He tried to got the man away, but ne was not ro n g c- on; !l Hs \v '"caskyd him fonoa’s ekerol oki I her, and he (p’ so mr) r id tha he would >lo so. IH.th s occu eel in the b 1 mm. Did not s i the pr son"V s fi-ige” cut at this time. A’l the b’e id c ne from the prison ’s w'fe. e clothe produced were wo i by Ihe (i sooc ’ at the t’me, and the C ess produ 1 was \/> n 1 / the prisoner’s w ’u The : souit ( J about eleven o’c' ok on Sate dry night. He (w'tness) sent fo; the police next mo.n 1 ig. Ey Prisoner—l was not drunk, but helped you home as you were drunk at the time. Christiana Hemietta I auson, who lived with her moth' a and fatlm in the m hone as that r ’cupk Iby the p.'sone s t d i-h t she was pr ent when the pCsonev came home on S tirday n : ght His wife ask I him to let he ■ help him off with his clothes and ho kic; I a n d beat her r nil her free and clothes were covered w’th b’ood. There was b’ord running from the prisoner’s finger and from the woman’s nose. Haw tne prisoner kick his wi e wl le he lying on the floor. The clothes pw !"i la e these w r oia by the pi koner and hi; v ’ o at the I : rae. Hannah Jorgenson, r.’fe of the p> sor.or, said that she belied her husband off v. ih his c’othcs when ae c ne home on fc. urc ..y night. He gave her a slap on the fa m, but only kicked her clogs. D : not know bo.t she got the mark in t‘3 eye. Her hutoacd did throw her dov. . ta pause lie was drunk. He did not catch her by the teroat, ncr & c any blocd come fom her, Vue blood her clothes cc ne f om her husband’s finger. Dr Coward sla! Jth the p r ev ne w tne..n was brought to h'r.i '■ • bec.r n ucd. She was ve;y reluctant > a low him J n exa _a.ne her, and when he did prevail upon her he found some Lie x on her c’ol' ng, r. id although he con’d perceive no extc.nal wounds, blood w flow’ug fom no woman. Her left eye wan bhc , anti her f e swollen. The flow of blc h! w , most likely v i ha?e been caused by v iolence.

The prisoner in d. fence said it was the blood Loin his finger that ran on to his trows no, and he wou'd tr I e good care that he never got d nuk again. His Worship said the af ault had been a most butal one, and the only doubt the bench had wrs whether the prisoner saou -.d be com mitt;;! for tidal ! ; ho might have killed the woman. Hop’ould be sentenced to six months imp. sonraent With hr id labor.