THE ASSAULT CASE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XX, Issue 1322, 16 October 1884, Page 2

THE ASSAULT CASE.

! v'Pe'ctyvßray— Atthe : K.M'/€6urt thiV afternoon 11 J. T." -Brayj ■'■ ; was ; charged with .assaulting/Anna Peck. by striking her on the face. ' "Mr Hank'ins 'appeared for' ■ infor« mant, and Mr staite'for defehdaht;..;' Mr Staite statecT.fche assault would be admitted, .but .the slap was only a ' back.handed' one, and did.npt do her a bit of harm. ■:, , Mr'Hankins was proceeding to ' state the' nature of the- assault, and miimateiine intended to call evio deuce.; when vMr Staite jsaid lie desiredjto^retract the plea of not guilty, This, of course, was not ai» lowed. _ % Anna Peck deposed— She" was employed mMr Marsh's .s f ore aj; Ashurßt,iin-charg^of the telephone! She haji occasion to .cp.mplain.ofi Mr Bray's conduct m affixing a placard. Qn the .Bth Mr. Bray .came. ,intp sVore and she asked Dim if he' w nad affixed the pUcard. He said no, and witness, a liar, at the striking herun the face' a violent fblowl.with his hand, was badly sw'pl* len next Tday r from't'he effeci of ' t*» - e 5 blow. : By ]Xx Staite— Cannot "say "whether his fist was- closed,"" it was a painful blow, and left a mark on my fabefor two or three days. 'He 'did not merely tap'me on the face with „ . , . . "Elizabeth Pbckr sister of com"' iplainani, deposed, on th J e Bth inst I i saw. Mr Bray slap my sister on ■; the : face. He waWleaning oyer the couiin ter at th'e ; time. •.;:., This concluded the case for plain-T itiff. ■■'■■" '" '•"' ■ For the defence Mr Staite called ;, the defendant who deposed: I only | leaned over the counter and tapped ; her on the face lightly' with the back of my hand, She had accused v me £ iajsely #of . -kissyag Mrs^M|irsh m |he"jkitohen. pi n#iced the^olbur m heivfaßeNwheriil tipped but judged that was from; its e%ct on'Ke/mVntafly. " By Mr Hawkins- 1 am not m the habit of hitting woman. '" * L '■' .^- '% Fined ; 40^" and costs 18 2s hiS Worship ex pressing' an ' opinibri thkt' defendant hnd been guilty' "of 'aii uiaimsnly>act;^ -:: r : ' - 'I ';»'.. i Mr Hawkins asked -that, the complainant be aUiwed ' hai| /'thV, line'