A Trumpery Charge.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 16, 17 December 1884, Page 2

A Trumpery Charge.

»■ — — j .mVh.v: i AWheMarton R,ft. feourt yesterday \ the case of 8. $f £ Raker v, A[, Fallion; ■was heard. Thwwasacoraplafatcba/grj ing defendant with having used, at San- , , jjon, on the Ist October, grossly Insulting languageto complainant, calculated to provoke a breach qf the peace, vis*., "You are a fool, a -siorisequential fool, and everybody m the place saysjyou are a fool . '' It appeared th'efe npd peen some 'dispute about a fite hot -bejing m the breakfast room of the hotel, jand other ! complaints by Mr Baker. MrHaakinai appeared for the defendant, \fo6 depoaed T -p9uiplaJDant said, at breakfast, "Do you not think there" ought tfo.be a fire, this mbrhing ■•?■"••■ Witness replied, •' Ido oot think so ; I do not light afire at this time of tlio morning, except for'ladiesi" Ms Baker said, "It 1 is very cold."' Witnesa replied, "The others dp notcoraplain." Mr Baker then saiid, "The otliors may have taken some stimulants." Afterwards, : Mr Baker came, into the bagatelle-room, and said he should like : to see the other, rooms. )yitueßß' went ' out with him and showed hini hhe: ' ' Mr Baker had a note-book m hid hand, and < took notes/ He opohed a baok door and asked if the premises at the back belonged to. the hotel, and said, "I am taking notes, and you will have a bother tbget your licence next year," <He (witness/ got crossj and Mr Baker saidj, j' ;Do jyou know >vhora you are spjsakjpg to?'. Witness replied, " Yes, I believe you are., clerk of the R. M. Court at B'o^ton, and clerk of the licensing ,bpniab r ," ,My Baker's manner was very offensive.' saiid he would reporti him^tq the licensing bench, and ha would ,hav6 his licence Uken away. He (witn,ens) \ sAid,: c Mts no use taking notice of, a fooj Uke.you." , After other evidence was taken the case vasdisraibsed. f