R.M.'s COURT—GISBORNE.
Saturday, April 4, 1871. [Before W. K. Nesbitt, Esquire, R. M.J ROBSON V. KARAURIA PAHURA. Mr. Wilson for the defendant. This was an information laid under Sub-section 3 of Section 87 of the Justice of the Peace Act against the defendant for having used provoking and insulting language to Lucy Hobson wife of the said Edward Hobson tending to provoke a breach of the peace. Lucy Hobson, sworn, repeated in substance the evidence adduced by her before the Court in a previous case heard on Thursday last. By the Bench : I am not afraid that in consequence of these threats Karauria will beat me, or repeat the offence unless he is drunk. Mr. Wilson for the defence contended that the information failed on a point of law, and read the clause under which the information was laid, purporting that the offensive act and language must have been committed “to or in the presence of the party complaining,” Mr. Hobson is the complainant in this case, but there is no evidence to show that he was present at the commission of the alleged offence against Mrs. Hobson, and he held that his objection was fatal. Case dismissed with costs.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 157, 8 April 1874, Page 2
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200R.M.'s COURT—GISBORNE. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 157, 8 April 1874, Page 2
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