RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT NO TOWN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1453, 31 March 1873, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT NO TOWN.

Tuesday, March 25. (Before C. Whitefoord, Esq., 8.M.; Ngatina Erueti, a tall, powerful-lookmir Maori, was brought up on warrant«E«rgeawith violently assaulting Nicola Johannes, a Greek, *at Deadtrian Creek 7 , NoTown, cin v 2nd Qctobeiy 1871.. - The prisone^Jiigs at first charged with the inSctaliie"6Wnc¥ of cutting and woundingj but the charge was altered by direction of the Court. From the evidence that the prosecutor, the pris^nm^ami another man were working together as miners at the time the assault was committed. A dispute' arose ; about .the' manner/ of mprjapz their claim to the best advantage./ Botu. were in a violent passion, ahd> the.';Maoristruck Johannes over the head >with r the" blade of a longhandled shovel. The Maori at once levanted, and succeeded in eluding the utmost vigilance of the r police-uitii he was arrested on 17th March' v nea'i Beli c Hill. The prosecutor stated tp the/Court that he-was in fault iacausingthequarjJeL as well as the, prisoner.. Both. w,er,e, T very much excited, /tyisi^injune^-.^.drn&-prove, nie;arly f ,so severe , .^wajs r $t|-fijn* prapposed.' The Bench, in passing; sjßntepce,'^ told the prisoner it was the intention of the Court to commit him-fpr 'tria^^bfltt as the prosecutor did not wish, to^press . the' charge^ -and as both'iparties; wereißome- 1 what to blame, the ; case would ibe-vdealt ' with summarily ; but that did not excuse a. violent breach of the peace,,, ii^hepriso-;; ncr was then sentencedito ; ,;two:im6nths' imprisonment with hard.labor.o iPrtyious to the rising of the Court the prisoner, by direction of- the Magistrate, was - : again' brought up. The Magistrate addressing him said, .representation had been made to the Court, through the police, that he, (the prisoner) held a medal' and- certificate;; of the Royal Humane Society of England for conduct in saving the life of dne'maff' at the risk of his own, and, under circum*stances of great peril, -bravely endeavoring to save, the lives of Others. In consideration of these circumstances hi^Ventehco would be commuted to six weeks' -nb^ prisqnment- Wjit^ioui: shard; labor. , <| , ,j . Thomas Gafeey or Unllen w,as charged jwith obtaining a pair of boots under false, pretences from Donald M'Gilliyraj&rj The prisoner-, called at. the shopof tmlß prosecutor and ordered a pair of boots giving his name aa Cullen. When fie le< the prosecutor made inquiries, and founu that a man named Cnllen did live where the prisoner said he lived, an-d he'^BQ learned that the' real Cullen was a (< good mark." Accordingly when the 1 prisoner jcalle'd he got the boots, and putting them ;on walked away. A. rival shoemaker,pained Taylor, seeing new boot^-oh^Oaff*-ney's feet, and having been "victimised ' previously by the prisoner, at oneelcame j to the conclusion that he had stolen them. He went to M'Gilliyray, and from what). resulted, the accused was arrested,,, tfhe prisoner, who ma.de no defence^ was sen? tenced to fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labor, the boots to be given up to the prosecutor. r i Elizabeth Revell summoned Maria Macnamara for assault and using abusive, language towards her. A cross action Was brought by the defendant against the plaintiff. This was a neighbours' qfrarrel, arising out of the quarrels of their child" ren. Nearly a dozen witnesses' w'ere examined, and his Worship ended the- dispute by fining, each par^yjlQa, : the coarts to be divided between 'them.'" "'.... The Court was adjourned to the.2nd. ; pf April. *'"'' ■■•••■-"..•••••-