POLICE COURT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1682, 12 April 1886, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

SATURDAY.

Before Messrs Boickj^nd Pratt J'b P. i . ■■ . .. ■ . ,• , $ | ' " ; ■■■ assault.. . , Charles Tricklebank, jun., was charged ,' with assaulting Isaac Salmon, Accused, , for "WhonrMc G. F. Hayvkina appeared | pleaded not guilty. A cross information ( wasJaid againstSalraoh for whom Mr j J.H. Hanking. appeared. .. . : • The prosecutor deposed that he remembered the sth April at the Salvation . Barracks ; after the meetmgjwas over ho was £o,in£ out side and the ; first thing tie heard waspthe- accused calling ■ him a cub and a our. Defendant followed him i and struck him two Or _ three times. -. There Was : no one ; belonging to the >.' "Skeleton .Army"; excepting th« ac- ; cused. There were- {about 20 of the : Salvation Army. . , .. f \ ■;' Cross-examined by; Mr Hawkins. Did riot say any thing; to theacctreed beyond I asking him it that was all tjieireturjn he gave for my kindness. When lie struck me his sister was present and anumber of I Salvationists. I took my coat off to de- : f efeiFinyseff. Did hot insinuate that he stole the watch I- gave him. We fell down together twice. Did what he had i done m self-defence. „ Daniel Cliarker, deposed that he remembered sth of April, came out with Salmon from the Barracks.- Heard the accused calV the complainant a hypocrite a cub or a|diir;. Afterwards, outsi^a, the building tte accused attacked Salmon, struck him twice before be retaliated. The third blow prosecutor warded off. Croas-examined. Did not remember the time when it happened. Did not know how many, were present. There were a good many people about; Saw the whole of the proceedings ; .was close i to the complainant all the time. They, went' down together once or twico. Would not swear that Salmon struck tho accused m self-defence. . . Hans Ihle rembered sth April, heard j Tricklebank call comolainant a cub and a cur, also a hypocrite, afterwards deliberately came and took off- his coat and struck Salmon twice on the chest, without any provocation . ■ . Cross-examined. There were about 15 or 20 there. The complainant walked away, but was followed by the accused, Charles 0: Gaustad gave corroborative evidence, tfioy were all on one Bide and accused by hunpelf . By the Bbnch-^-Tho accused interrupt-, ed Salmon on the previous evening, when the latter was addressing backsliders m the barraoks. Accused was a backslider. ...'•.. G. „PaUridge gave corroborative evidence. This closed the case for the complaiuant. Mr Hawkips addressed the bench and called on the accused to make his statement. Tricklebank gave on oath a distinct denial to the whole of the evidence, and .stated that ho had, b,een struck several times about the face by the complainant who called on him to come on and fight; complainant struck him on theifqrehead, nosn, and under the chin. William Kitohen. deposed he came along as thty';W©r<J ; they w»r« both doting, hn did not see the beginning, ' hesaw theta fall down together and he picked Salmon off of Tricklebank; he waa not a and, would not like to be. This closed the case for the defence, and the bench after consideration gave judgement against the accused as they were clearly of opinion he was the aggressor and fined him 10s and costs of court. The cross-information batweon the same partieß was dismissed.