Police Court.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 13, 13 December 1884, Page 3

Police Court.

■ ... ■■,■■• - ,>, -i, ,' >:X :T ..-..» .-; 'THIS DAT;-' j '■■ . (Btfore 'Messrs Snelson 1 and; McNeil '■■ ...'■'. ,-. : • ' j,'s.p.);' \ ; ; • ■■;" '' ""'- „' . ASSATJI/T. :'; ' ■ ''■_ ; Thomas Dixon charged A. Dalziel, oif Bulls with assault* Messrs J."&. H^nkins and Esam appeared for theire^pe'ctive parties. Mr Hankins m opening the ..case for the informant said :' that: he anti.cipated an objection to the jurisdiction of the Court, but that the yiformition had been -laid, to clear the , way for all action;., m• a . superior courfc. r Accused pleaded 1 N6t Qtulty. , • The informaiiori charged the defendant with . haying struck the informant; ori ! the. Headland face with his clenched fist, thrown him down arid kicked him m the! body and pitched him over a fence. The; was about some land dispute m reference to the unpaid balance, alleged; to be due ' to defendant by informant fot tile purcljase. of a section at the rear oil thepolice station at Bulls, and on' which some £15, was still due and owing. After gome evidence jbad been taken, ,the question of iurisdictioii was raised, a matter of title being involve^- 1 :. The case was dismissed ftjir Waiit of jurisdiction. ' „;. '-,-.. •