MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 60, 30 June 1876, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

' r ill's !>>*.*. (|5, ; (Wc T. •'• i'.'.'-K.:■!:, tUn. t R.M.) ,W '•■'' wrrvc {JCCKJf'C. j'jliiimiw (H'duvy was charged with com'ttinit *"''■'' '"•'"* v '' "!>'.;nco t>rt the person of miiia* Augusta Ferens, at Oamaru, on iifli instant. , ■» • fhu prisoner pteade.d " N'ot OrtUfcy. T jjuli-Enspeutor M'Utttsfcey eotulltuted the », sl iimfcioii, and stated that, as the pri'uii*\v«*u» "i'ly arrested late fast night, he lid ask for a remand, in-order to. proW tlm attendance of the necessary witTlio'pvw' m "-* r was accordingly remanded 5 fllioawid watt resumtid at one o< clock.. <l\w informant is a highty-respeei.abte r | Jiuvfllbei' 06 Mr. Fereus, bookseller, tttis fci'WU. She is about fourteen years* mm. 'Phu Jth'sfc witness- examined was „'informant!," who stated : I live with my H, ur „ Thomas Fereus, just beyond the ltm Boundary. t was. going home last llit; about, seven o'clock. When f got [rfciuiTmvn Boundary f passed a man. rollout »u the centre of the road. The II wns walking in the centre of the road p, aftiu- 0 pivsaod the man I walked on jkly,. unit getting beyond the boundary ift tho cuntre of the road and went on > footpuMx,. nantt the man crossed over to i fdiiffpiith and followed. When near 8, Puuttio's gate lie caught hold of me. jimin f passed was the one who eattght lliif me. rto caught hold of me from jiiil, and tried to tie a pocket-handker-ifromid my mouth. I endeavoured to f the handkerchief down. f any not >wtu!f.htu? it was a white one or a lightItmltmkone.. £ cried out. He said, lllut did yon make that noise for T* and diil if. sigaiu " lie would tie the handthiuf round my mouth."' He caught lof me by the left shoulder and said I to jjjo with him, and tried again to thu "handkerchief round my mouth. tviml to drag me across the road. ilu liii was trying to tie the handkerf round my mouth t put my hand np. luiiuil I'u'iu, and he must have tost his ill!,', and fell. I theft got away from , 'l'he man in the dock is the man ; lituro of it. The mootv was up, and E ibuu the man ixttite ctearty. lie was sod as he is now. lie had black lusou, and a Scotch eap, which I Ighttuut;» black and whiteborder rwnnd [tlte prisoner appeared in the dock in a suit of clothes, and a Scotgh eap.] Ito Mr. Peattie's house. Xjgfta^&eittg house, t saw 5Tr. anetlffifs. Flwfclie, i«l4-Uwja,wlm*- ba4 tafc«ti ptaee. Ttje u to Ms- I'ti- '•:-i<- ■ twn*9e, Ireeogaisett - lit man w'.-..'-.'..■.■■'. ,'issaitttetl..»«. 'I

rlhn bybi.i '■■ ■■■* and his votse. 1 (P»Bncl his v.-i ( -! '.-htini the eonstabtes i putting I'm v'i'm on film. [The prii' was.here ■ •ni-T<-d out of the deck tt> it oft to Hooc of the y*»urt r when the that she was sure he was balfcJSlli) assaulted her. | I saw hint ro|jfc4lu> afternoon, near Hi: IS hatffltoih., hi the struggle, my hat fell riaat fciivtßea years of age. I#wta(|W,gave her evidence in a most I iffl^dfcaightft >rwar d manner. pfPfeplV was asked if hj& wished to to the- girt. paottttt! I have no to. ask— Int'l know of. The girl said this bing'thien times she didn't know me. pstßiiTit Carrol : Von have never seen KU'lhufoi't!.

isnnia': I know nothing ahont it, and fc want tn ask imy f|uestions. il)-fn»pnt:ti)r M'Otusfcey stated that refuronuu to the girt who was conluil with the prisoner this morning, it i» wmnmion with another assattlt ■ similar to the present one. illiniu■ Ptuittie, sworn, deposed : I re"ii tliu Main North Road, near the :i B'liuulitfy. The infonuant ran into. i'"iMo iihotit seven o'u.touk last titght lii'lter. She was in an excited state, without a hat. She said a nasty man ■■might hold of her. She said he had h' put. a handkerchief ronnd her ; I". and tried, to drag her off the road., ippimred as if she had been strctggUng % when she came in. Ituniedtatety 'iittogoeif t could see anything of mm, and t found the hat aboitttwo i'w chains from my gate on the foott ciu:u icave information to the

"sliil'lu Donovan, swtu'n, said;: .From uuvtioiv t revived last night, between j!, I ' l o'uldulc. t proceeded t» Mr. ■ l «s limine, and tht; prosecutrix gave . 1 itwiMfrjoft „E t( lu uum win, "had; " ,!, l tar. £ arrested accused op- '>< Commercial Hotel. I tuwk '"fonov liyEorß her, and she recogh!'» ii« tilt' one who. had assaulted "llu primmer said. '*" E ana Rot ll,lm '" T then arrested him and :ht him to the watch-house. *>n lu, 's Mm [ found a white pocket'Wiluef. The one produced is the ■' Prwiumtrix was recalled. She said «nw t! a to walk, and had to be "|"Wli; iEe did not throw me w ni «b any remarks as to what he i " ln 5 «■> a.» with. me. He only said E ''^'.wit-Khhu. !' l n,1 ?"nov was remanded tilt to-mov-",,ni»'b'".t eleven o'clock.. ,"., /•' j' v. TIIOHA* StrtttVAJf.— 1 ' '"' ~- -'"dement fyr plaintiff

William Smith v. Thomas Ki.no.— Claim, £H 2s. Od. 31r. Balmer for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintUT l»y default.