STALE BREAD.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 172, 19 February 1867, Page 2

STALE BREAD.

(To the Editor of I ;the^^^Jßivef Argus.};, Sir-t 1 ! trust b^forie^iiyou^ rinake remarks.; upon a case m fuinlre you will publish a, full repbijt o£ it, and vnot -'allow the publicAto: think one-sided.. I^refeiv tb.yoiir comments s -. in last issue, whereln^you'state I doubted tie; authority of the niSgisirate and madejremarka; • that led to my ; being ordered into custody for contempt of cburfc, but ' afterwards apolov gised. N ow, Sir, had : your reportet been in ■ court you would have known that I did not doubt the authority of the' Magistrate, buY I will state what I did-dp, and leave -the public to judge. I complainedrat.being summoned from my Inisinessiipon such a; trivial, charge, and called, his;^^ Worship's;: attention to the Police Ordinance to shew that, it did not refer to a charge, of- that sort, but waa coolly told I was not 'allo\i»ed to make any remarks about any law— ("I-am here jo: state the law'). I contended if I hqd ala^er?he:: would be allowed to referffe; the.p^iiiiiicisi : and Mr Revell said— Yovtsho-uldiatre^ ;:fiad^a lawyer then. : Now, Sir, as3moiieydon't > gi;b"W' on thorns, and I don't happen to^haye: any more than I know what to dp.wji^rstron^ly > object to employ an attoriw^^p^^sucli trivial charges, and had I drae^Bp^'miglit ' have been useless, as even lawyer^ sometimes get ordered out of court, lM^ipyen;^iai reflected a little he must hav^^en he -was wrong in his remarks, as a^^attpniey^if employed would have beeuJ^myJ igeßti" and how could, he, acqbrd A to the agent, and deny the principal ?^ Now; Sir, I consider^tte dignify •■ of the Bench should be upheld and treated ■■•'?' with all due respect j but, Su^ftnnnwSißeaoughtnot to be issued in the same' manner a 3 ' miners' rights,; and tradespeople taken 3sroni : their business^ perhaps^ for a whWe^^ilibrV giving Sergeant Walsh credit f or:aU i £feiyjpre to the chargej simply amounted. tb'm^tlirowV ing, as he said, about l^lbs of stale l))pwid to my dog. Had I been cautioned, l iWpuld, ' have thought nothing of the. affair, "but T ! clearly. proved by a respectable 'witness the sergeant came in in an insulting way and -told me he should summon me, : Touching the iuatter of an apology, I donH wp. how Mr j Revell can consider it one ; I e«d if' I have j insulted the Bench I must apologise ; but I j maintain in the absence of an attorney I have j a Effect right to quote from any law. Apo- J losing for trespassing' on your val«|MJ j^space; ' * ■ raui/&c, «. . Jonjr Hejiok vv 1 '