PALMERSTON NORTH DISTRICT COURT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 102, 20 December 1879, Page 2

PALMERSTO N NORTH DISTRICT COURT.

, HABAKANA IB~A\<CEAWE ' \ jjf. '^1^ ; : " This i^as an abMonin wliio]^^lOO^Sm^g^i yyere, claimed from 'thij defendant/ who is station-master af Baimor«toD,l f<>r.Ktl|e ejee- : tipn pf .plaintiff- from- a- feram wifchiallegea violence', aqd impriiorimeijt; :>l " c / '.J ■■•••**•/'• _„'! Mr. Hawkins aj>peapcd : in sugpop^of; the. claimilahd Mr. JTifcishetbort flqtended. v .The facts^f-tno-cas^-a^tafed'hy Btr^i iHawkins, were' tha.t HardkabarWas' illegally and Tjolenfcl/ taKeri from the train after he had tsocured a ticket; ~ while fcfie defence'ww ' fcbat plain ti"S.hiid.piiniped upbii" the feuix r afterdtiwas in motion, thereby committing a breach of the.raihvay ; bjq T UKs, and thai, 4 : he defendant j- wh£ 'was; a 'sarva'ri tp of -= that ; Depai'tment, merely acted according to hi»' re.cei,vea.in*3fcruofci6ii3. * v- n> '" : " ;y :: • ■' : Counsel for &&r!ikana ipenect^h^sa^iii;:;: ; asdm^lengi/h^ after w Inch h^ caUM;^ :^ r ; ; " Harak!nia*'Te'^lwei^ 'owfhp^gp6*dai : % - am fche-plaintiff in, tlrii"<^;^t^iriesnber the 27th of September last. . I >tas at , Pai- > morstou on thiat day^an'dweni to ; the^Rfiil^ J■wayßtation, in order to retiiWa 'id *■ Oroiia •Bridgq. I t-obt my ticket at Qroua' Brkigq;- r ' I got on to the train and sat there. Ti'« 'i train was not in motion, when -'f 'got -dnt'' 4^ Shortly afte>i?ar'd9tho: ' train t'Tjiii >i' train jjroceedecy a little distance^nd -tKeiv st'dppea. Defendant tlienseaied 'bold of mo'.' I wae in.the carrjage at -the 4im6.': f I Ws :. . -taken bfathe fcraui.by^ the defendant, and'ha' T ; .then set-llie trAin in : motibp. "'. I ' fumped ! iti i -' • ■agarn,; wliile 'Ch& tr|i?n ■ was:Mf:tn|iion\ •and ? ' r ' while it wa3 tncViiig the •station'' uiasler - ; pulletj me off.' I asked -Mm on. firsfc : occasion ivrby. he.held me.. All h& saict was " ' iU^QVV-tty^^emain^ Ha -made "iio ; othei^ ' * reply.- I thea jumpM'on 'fche tram a th'irU'- f--time, i Ifc wtiS" in^iotioni'' Defendant agaid^"' oifli»red 'the train to stop, and jjalled me of| oaguin.; I'^c^a^^jr.^tfld'-ithiife^.'gpt; o£ : i arid was. pulled -off "tfiree tim%" by T)Vke^ ;: f On Jbhe. third oc'casiori h^Mllo'd" 'out to : th«" ConsfcibW- to- arreaf me. 'If w tfe'en - - leading m.eaiong^to the ticket office. The - ! OxjUstJible' did not jarreat niej ■' fcfi^fc Wie^def on- " " d-iht iput 1 " me in j he> "o||ee, , th' e jian". going- in also, 'iiytes then said 'that; I^haS " . threevtimes-ffofctakotta tickefe:" li i; was loctedj '-■ in inf the^ bfiicei ,1 i^id/ himV^hat^itj :. 'ii wj-ong to lock; me in; anUirpß^aedilvagauir 1 fWe Were bo^u inside l)e^end(inb thssist" me agide while lie locked^thS-'^oor."", Wlien' ; ho; eu|<3 X had ;ijo (iickcs^^prd.^desd it.. Jt is\ . the samib n6w^producea;;;^A^er^^^ the dbor, we.- both. ,came but iind ,<jlie. Police - Oonsiable a'dVised -DyEes" toiler rnel-goi"^ Dykes told, the Constable to" take me hsL e'harge, but hej'did not:- -Tho- train : tliett^ staVtedj and I was loft behinU.- £'■ K was pulled bSTthe de&ndanfc broke^tuy white*;' • shirt'and coat ; ''In cpjjseqiienSe a£ Jbeing:ief fc^ beshmd by the-^iih upph'thiji;ni«f|j^i^:-wa*^ - piit'^o cost for^hotel ekpen.seß,- 3 'T was fuU.' .o t grief,^^[and 'thai; evening, '4ft^ having^. my'- 'f :i supßerj : . J ; wa|ked backto Cuwia, ra^ijiftwaoeTr'-, pf,.eleven- miles.;. The coat l .w^ich'- waa'torn* < •^w^w-jrlli^lOa. ;^^ir|^o^:Balß^jaa^H After the Vccurceiice," on th'e Monday^" rin»" ? 1 strajted "my solicitor jio' tmn^g the presdn't ' ' action. ' .After th'afe* I; was »unimoned' f ox£ f getfcin'tipoh'th'e train' when it* was in' motibir. If was. at^nding"^ stiH when I got* -on; ' : " *■-.'*'"' * '•<">■■ --■ .»■ ■■■:>. • . -i.'-- - : C^pss-examined by; Mr. Kifeherbertr i '."Wili^ii: -I..^vns? opining^ to^almersfonsth*? ' ; guard didnofr caution me frojn get£i% 6pi>n" -i itiisi ijrain wfa^ennt wai;infnipliipn.c 'lam;quite x - : sure; of. "that. I do' not know-^ie \ guaird'i-" nimie, 'but I know him- by'*Bighti. .'^pVpne: '] ever cautioned me" aboujti rgqitiang uponj : tlie* ' • :sisftin ;i 'wh ? |ii -in motioii; .iX'knpwV^hai^ th^* defendant DjTes wiw atXtion^-uia^j^ 'a^Pal^ k'i ? merstoji; at the- tiu.ie} bf vthe., oc^yrerUk.' [$ am gtiite sdre the 'tr4in' was^bih;'wh<?nV Lv \ : I-got in the firit time. ' •JYlien : . -p^kes^l opk! * me but biF fchft^ train, t*did nbt'eee tKe guardl- ■'■ aasisting. him. Not on any of the'th'ree^ occasibn3. ' I^iere'w4s a'natjve'Wil.ii ine the^ -i %st'tiniel got into the trainband reuiainedv ; v ' tliere. My Was nmLshirfriweFre \x>ai i^ the' '..-"' ■struggle, but I^ouUt not saywhen, as X did .V. ; not notice it until aft,er golj intQ/^he^rooin; ■;-. I did not pu^'Op 'njy .hanSs' aaa'tiireaten. to" strike Dykea. I di^d : n,ot challengev Inm to* V : take|me off the twin/:.-'';lieJPendaSit'di£l riot \- tell, me: the fir^t §ime not "to- ge^ on'tlie tra.in, 1 the fiiat and'Serrbhfi' times 'all lie -Wid was' '■?,. '"Remain." \1 am po^itiys' HjUeai af 7 .n0" f; time >oW me not to get' on 'the train^ ' W-l.ieii the" doristabje caiiie' Dy^ei - might" " ■> "have asked mj' name. ' I'dia iib't "hoar htn^j ;: He'tlid iio^-'let me go initil '"'"the donstable^ -' told lfiiu; I can understaiidsomo words* of- ••'-■' English. I slept at Awapunviliat'iii^ht, oii. i , i thefroad to Oroiia. ' I paid nothing for my! -;;ii bed, and all. r the money was ,fcwo\ : C.' shiilings for my. supper/ X have i Miov^r been '.C-\ able to we^/ eitlier coafc or ah\iit since!. «■» f l ' :i-----paid £2 101. far {t,. and haitKt'throe months. C I was lined £l for gettin,^ intp^the tiara^ '■-'■■ wltiie it 'wtw in mofeibn, at the Vej*} l^timet^is^ V ; action con.-erns. : * ' ' ; v >: .*.-,V r V; t -" , V Paiw.iu^^ '^ AAvoawe^, dejibsed.: I repbllocfe ; ■ the -7t\v of ifent.embia' last, oSj'cf vras,<iu" ¥he ': ." railway p^ldtforn^ at ' Jalmepst-.Vh dt' night ■;/•'? ! 'w-hen the' tmiu s iir;n\-efl. I dkV not : s^e ; l;liB '"'; plaisit.i^; pef on to tbe traijOj ".'""btife "t sajw ■ hiin; :'v • off. thves times: When 'Hariikana-'- '• was pushed off I saw the station master and" . an.inihe.r of oftfers.v I saw the; defendant '■-:■ take hold of plaintiff and push Kim vibleiu ly. v i' Plaintiff.got on agjiin and was. ta^ep ofE. a " satcohd time. '' ' ' ' ~ '- '' ■' ''' : ~ ~~'~'.~. *."■■ . .: /. John Swift testified to seeing '-the plaintiff^ ; tn)ie.n frsm- £he t nun/- > He^ partlv-H^bfeujJei : ■ of his ovyn auiiord, and" Was -part }v poshed dowii. TJpjn cTJaa-eiauiiuatiou lie stated ■that considerable Yibleucc \v;a9 \W<^ in [ fofo .yeiftbra^. ' . "" " ■ '"."■ *' :■* ',■■''■

Constable GaießpiSfwasiaise called fer the: plaintiff, but his evidence was ; ; not of- a. materia' character. , v .;. .- ; r ' For the defence, after Mr. Rotheram, the (3-eneral Manager of the i -41 auilwattt Railways, had givea testimptny of the appdintV ment of Mr. Dyke, as station" master, and 'lii's duties aud instruotipns as -such, Mr. Sitzherbert put tlie "defendant into the box, and the following evidence-was. taken : . ; John Vincent Dykb sworn deposed -I am a station-master at Palmerston .North, and the defendant in this action. On . tlie 27th of Septeuaber last I was acLing in t hat capacity. I remember the last %vAiri< leaving at ihirfcy-fire minutes pftst eight. I gave the eiguivt to the guard that fill '-was right, the guard sounded li'is wliisllej jand;tjie-:tr*iu. commenced motion." 'when it had got to . the South end of the platform a l noticed two Maoris trjing to get on board, t called out to ih"etn:tb : k«ep back' and. the* guard did the same, but they sprang- upon ■ 'the" tail of the carriage. The itraFn' was going atithe rate of four_ oij. five iniles v .an hour. The plaint iff one b^-thds'e' !Native3j the other got :. away, f |Tho guard gavS the £ ignal to the driver to stop by -swinging his lantern. The train ..stopped after.goihg about thirty yafds. J-I, followed- up ahd" ; •entered the carriage. in. whiph the plaintiff ■ -was. I told him to filigntj ne eoaiingout of- • his own accord-. Tlie guiird Wiia close by. . — J^ldplaintiff that J -would not allow him jto prtf^d.^ 'I did : , not 1 liim on the . first ocelasipn^JL told him theTeason- I 6topped •mSßfc.VeauseThe ha'd entered it: illegally. I t^U> r gaVe"ty' signal to th"e' guaVu, as tlie trairr-Syas in my controlwhen it had reached a certain .distance of the; station either ways, v^lie plaintiff, theii' sprang away from-ine arid jumped ijp agap. I then swung my iainj> ajid; the, train, s'tppped a second time. gjiard' and ' inysfilf commanded uiinto alight", b' u i^Kp v v^ u . 3 ?^ but after some .persuaiion ' he did so, .and '|a!»iiniencod t*Q % argue as "to r wily he i? was nut allowed to proceeli; I repeut,e4 #>#£, lie wdiild not '-be. allowed- to go, and took him by the arm. Tjie^ train wiiJS,'..*B]^*ti6^i > jr.'. at the time. The moment the train was Btarted thethjrd- tiine, .he^broUe.- frx>in me .and re-entered. ;!^was |heji ' in :; uiotipn;j " Ttie train. stopped again", and he was coiin- ■ xnanded again to djseeHdj .but. it ■l.&o* so,ii\q " ■ time before h'e wpuld cenioout .of "th"e itiside; cempaftment of ? tlie^^ carriage, tq .th^^lailPr^v •tfut when he did J sb he 'placed hiiij in : a fighting attitude^ and challenged any |iersdh jto put him ddv?n. i The_Tguard was "th^n About io mPun^jhe:]irainT^p.takjß.:liini down 'yrhen I stept between them, as the plaintiff was showing fight aiidr^i tliought it 'might come to- blpws. Eventually, J, peKUoded liim with seine difficulty to coiae dbwn. .■'■V When he did 8d, f vl-fQok -him by^.the urjn,' and we walked fo'tlre end'oT/* the train', m prderVtliat he should not re-enter. I then. ■ gave the signa^ter etartl:. ;He tlifen,'" wulked \vith me to tb^ booking ou?ee, : and I locked ; him in. There was alarge^croWd of.|pebple- : outside, and J secured the ddorj sent for ; |he constable. -X;.ste.id k inaide ! the rpom I/\vith>tbe pkinb|fe^Wiif^'7irt rti^;^6/n I |old him lie had . been doing^ very : tvrong, ancJ 1m ! would -pupished. Wlien the. , ponstable v arrivea;l- :^k"ed"r bial if 1 tif knew the plaihtifF. -He-saidihedid; affd 'that .-he .knew liis nama^and; address; perfectly fwelL-'. •J: was then VsaitisfiediV/and'- tive ; Con-; kabla him to l gt> ' lioine. T reported Matter. on the foliowjng : 4M.onday eveiW ing to the. General Mariager, aid an-infor- : mation was laid jagaips,^; him, for a lu'each of ; V\|he-by'e4aW-anSvfined-*'fbivtKe\' : o'ffebc^ pever touufied bimjn the Carriage; '"as-- on i each occasion lie , got dpwn of-liis ; oivn ftccord4 Ho was' b,rea'k?qg yiho eigJiiteeuth ': pye-law by" entering the; train, while^ in piotionj- and. I . inerely, /.'carried 'put 'my instructions in .proven ting it:' V 1 afii paid • by. Mr. Rotheram with * G;dvernihei}fc "cheques. Had I not;brbugttfe^invto'.t!re;B|lSt tdtiiiit could have reepgniscci -the -p'faititi'ff* agiun; : vl used. np-viplence w"itli^^ him. „ 7 " Croaß-examfiiei^ Iby XiM£ Vl&wkiuia :- I received m^ 'apppiritment on the Ist of July. ■ My aufcliorifcywas: i"rpm_Mr;L'iwso.i^ ;. Coiumissioner. for tjhß'',^oi^'!i^lsianJJ" Te*)' 1 -* 'bally. I haj4inb.titef!gitre'il:.:aiTy/'-writfe»r..ap-ppintment, but I am not -quiJe' : » ertiiiu Jirhethcr'lliere wa^a lettcjy jonft'je % subjqcLpr 7 „ 5%_ pldinti^enterca^ Veai-riugc on the 'train; s\v tliat ■„ .lie was stopped oil accotint^bf ; liis 'ticket. It was hut'^a matter of ticket at all.""" ; Edwar^Ma^olm;^epoSe'a-lil tim^a guard on the Mniiawatu lineU Oh rilie : 27th of Septcmbei 1 1 iif the vtrsiirt from ;Pftlitterdtoh t^ jSpxton.';; AfteriOUiad -■ giVeh to-jthe, drivpi by/ blowing' the whistle, Esav? two Maoris ontorJ. tlio train after ifc*as i^.^iption. rßctFo)'cHiiey;:had; :7 iJoiie so I sa.ir them running »long^ ilia plitfprm. cauticned thein tip keep back." They peisisfcpd f^enteri4g., L oTh^ /porUen. of tne"; ev-iaohce : : ..wiw- j*iil ; confir-. mat ion of. that of ibfie prerious witness.] ■- Henry Burr, ticket clerk, cpruobomted the - :- cvtdeuce of the two pfevious witticsses, in ;,, nipst points, atelibiigh-jie^tatecTtnjitr-whoii; - endeavoring to; enter; the train^lvtpen the /: first occasion the'plaiptii^jvas; held- by the J dofenflant '; He:' also^iffe^eiT ?f r6m : Mr. ' Dyke, by saying tliat it was the "sceortd. last - antl not the la^c i^^^erl' cartiage -intß ■which plaintiff had jumpe.l. .V. , _ After a few; minufes' -doliberaiion,^ the •,* Jury retu.rned ; a, verdict for the. defendant; ;;cjst s £l3: i3s£v"£^:^-^'"^ ':, : 'j : C: The , Jury '^^ Fre^r|ckl^t? :■ "^iin, V Akers (foTOmaWX ; <3iirrettßrerihan, William Francis Brogden arid Solomon Abrahams. " txr&tk&jK, poole. vJ'.^K^dEjO^^XßQ^/ Ah action brought for: Uie/.reep very, pf% 7d, i being; £]*&* ampuijt ; bf.' 1 a ; 3t^'' . P i;^vJfc&Pt-, Jiudgtnent wascphfessea'/anoi »^-«estfie^recprded in.accpr(aa»Jce^T,he ; 'co8|» of the ca|e brought .-the.-aniouiifc up to £156; . P s -;7d.r 'Mr.^StalP k £w^ '§nsigea v ;fo<-thT plaintiff. ■': . ;' ""■'' ■ ' . -.■ ]'■'- EIOnABD .T^XIiQB 7 »,j,jai. OUEL^;: An Action^^ brrtught' 6^' tffe plumriff-for the r ! ecoverypf,£os,:balaiS};e'6f.^ges;d.u^^^ ler having acted aSiStockmaiiVupoji; the run of the defendant-. * The . cjase was hetrd ?ome rnonj^w ;ngjs at tltelPolic-eXJoiirX, BtJlsy; 4nd redHit.ed-in a verdict: for th : e ;r defe»dant, nut uppn. appealj.Tvns again re.-opened^at:;^^, District Court.'' "Mr-.' S^jto ; app^ty^l* for; Taylor, and- Mr;' Gash deteftdetl. J Tlie '.ciwe;'. . occupied: tJaeOie^fe part df-twodays,4iid-tiie. ; defendant was subjected to a mc^l.«e^i*t;h"iiig. ci'ossrexaminaHon by v Mr Staft'e. The: plea upon;whicJf !e febe'c]a«n',df*£s^^ yas-ro-v ru?ed, was. that Tuyldr ha.l sy*EfinaiieHlfy neia:lei.-tedv~tiiß- : workr-aTid-- was incdmpeteiit,, pUhonglr* it ippeared yi evitfenM:^h'at even after the wages had been sjieit fVirV.'oycrta'res were made. b|':<h)fendant tp j^j^ldr tp/-2e-, sumo the engagement.' Tlie eh-irecbrthe J.uclgcwa!i most fftyphtblc ,to p.Vviiitiil;, and the Jury after a coiipi'e of inbriieuts 1 , hesitation u verdict irf-'liU faroE. 90Bt3,£9agsr^ ;i ; ./•> ..A .. ':'-%. *;?.-: