THE R.M. COURT.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1212, 22 January 1878, Page 3

THE R.M. COURT.

To the. Editor of the Globe, Silt, - -I am sorry to state I was the complainant in a case of abusive language heard in the R.M. Court this morning, which your issue of this evening represents as a quarrel between two persons, but had as much of the evidence for the complainant been quoted as there was of that for the defendant it would have clearly shown that it was a cau> of most unprovoked abuse, the witness Joseph Doig admitting that ho had never at any time heard S. GHlkes speak to Mrs Fogarty ; in fact that he knew nothing at all about it; and that the neighbourhood of which Mrs Doig spoke consisted of herself, Mrs Fogarty, and Mrs O'-Neil, a woman lately committed to gaol for keeping a disorderly The costs were £1 Is (id. It also states that Mr Mellish threatened to bind both parties over to keep tiio peace. lam sure I did not hear him, nor do I think any magistrate would threaten to hind those over to keep it who it was clearly shown had not broken it. Hoping, in the interests of justice, you will find ap.ice for this in your valuable columns, I am, &0., S. GILKES. January 21st, 1878. [Our reporter informs us that in reply'to Mr Fogarty, who asked for protection against future annoyances by complainant at the termination of the case, the magistrate told him that if he heard any more of this conduct he would bind both parties over to keep the peace. —Ed. Qt.'\