POLICE COURT.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2101, 17 November 1880, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

OHBIBTCHUBO H. Wednesday, Notembbb 17. J. Oorabie and P. Cunningham, Efqrs., J.P.B.] Deunxbnness, —Thomas Brown, for this offence, was fined 10a. Dbunkbnnbss, Dubious Hiding, and AS3 AULT —Thomas McOallmn, on remand from Saturday last, was again hronght np, charged with drnnkenneas and with, having caused serious injury to Thomas Goodfellow, a gatekeeper, whom he had ridden over at the race course on the_ 12th inst., and whoso shoulder had been dhlooated in the encounter. Dr. Pries proved J r ha extent of the injury. Ho said the man might possibly be disabled for some months to come. Arthur Parsons deposed to being near prisoner on the course, who called out “ clear the way yon fellows, and I will rids that b down.” Prisoner then put hie horse to a canter and rede over Qoodfellow, who at the time had bis back turned to him. The horse was under perfect control, and the assault had been made deliberately. Prisoner was drank. John Beecher saw the assault, he thought it unmistakably intentional. Thos. G-oodfellow stated that at the time named ha bad been collecting some entrance money from the driver of a vehicle which had passed through the gate, and on his way back to the post he was knocked down by a horse that came np behind him. When he rose he found that his shoulder had been dislocated. The prisoner was the rider of the horse. He wa» a perfect stranger to witness, and had re* oeived no provocation. Prisoner pleaded gnilty to being drank and riding furiously, but said the collision was accidental. Accused was fined £lO. or two months’ imprisonment with hard labor, half the fine to go to the in* jured man. Cutting and Wounding. Margaret Platt, on remand from the 13th, appeared to answer a charge of assaulting Jane Weller with a toma'iaek on the 11th inst. Mrs Weller deposed that on the day named, prisoner, who wai a iopping wood at the time, accosted witness as she was passing, and after using some very bad language struck her on the side of the bead with the edge of a tomahawk. A female witness corroborated th» above statement. H. Parker saw the whale affair. Ha said prosecutrix was the aggressor. There had been an altercation. She struck prisoner, a scuffle ensued, and both women fell. Prisoner had a tomahawk in her hand at the time. Dr. Davis, of the Hospital, described the wound made; it was not serious, and prosecutrix had perfectly recovered. Prisoner, whose statement agreed with that of the witness Parker, denied having struck a blow at all. Prosecutrix had fallen on the tomahawk in the scuffle. Prisoner was ordered to be bound over to keep the peace for six months, herself in £23, and one surety in the same amount, which was forthcoming. She was then dissmissed with a caution.