RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 313, 6 October 1875, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S

.; i ‘-77A. Before W. H-or.iAijD ' teenig drunk, and . owEridayand' Te Hau, remand, assa ul ting ■'.*,> A’ tion of liis Wilson o n s la police in" 1 Street tlie a I found fijip bpjfyfep Jpa-fiika and . Ormond. stated the' WSHJin clothes at, the .tjine.rejHs was on horseback, and; attempted to get away from me. I then ; by ifie neck, ipe"fellorftnehorse and I were both dowfti ■ • t , or l e . ol Wi fiesiilrom my left thumb with his teeth. We- struggteff for-fome’Hme7 and 'the; prisoner caught hold of the index finger was suffering I was obliged to let go the lioMwltihailf pfi IffliiT- ®e Held hl® ; thutub l iii‘ln»aaoath fot-...sfeveFal'fiiinlitex. Constable ’VillersneameTo ntyrttssjietawce j and we spcufral him. ,<3?hf> jpgiSiW also i struck me„ymfently in t]ie fatjjjtjith his fist, an 4, Wkgjl me abou| K4 ft® with his fppte , TW msrk are y the result harsh tppfttinpnt. I By the prisoner: Constable Villersand tf/Seif 1 ‘bdfh't'ogßßlier. I did not ask you to have ra diMk me. I did not strike you till*you assaulted me. I then struck you ’ ’iiiyfift you in the head.

ijsttßjff the Court: The prisoner was accomjiahM. tiySa 38Sve female whetf-I arrested him.

last I accompanied constable Walsh to arrest the prisoner on a charge of larceny. The prisoner was 3CTThorseback, and we asked hjm to pomp wRh us to Ormond. Walsh AntC-mjlself'w'e're Arlsbton horseback. The pri soppy to comply with our request, and we then umceeded to jilace between Walsh prisoner, whilst both were onlprseback ,In,the struggle the CoiMffibltf tffldHhW jifisDnbi- fell off a;tjtffijhe» alt«r&tion took place. As soon as the. prisoner fell BffJLis«orie f wgnt?oA tfe h|l When I returned with the rope they were still struggriipgj, t^e t Walsh’s thumb in his, mouth, and was, biting it severely. fin %ff<W’/o tie the prisonea l! ftod;whiis>fle.-fii«sagx<d-le caught and bit It. We uTtimarely succeeded in securing tte him to SPVWfihtdfflured by the prisoner. By the prisorfgfS l ’tried to arrest you, a.»sißUggllot«nm>efdlaiid you both fell to the ground. I did not kick thegrope) sis youWalsh did not strike you before you were arrested; he-only took hold of yon by the coat collar. "Neither of us asked you to driptawiriiMs. ,g fl J£ A J Dr'. Geoid deposed : I am a duly qualified medical practitionnr Tesidimi’in Gisborne. On Thursday fiOth September Constable IValsh ■Satfleff’ upon me for UWffflS’lU The whole of the flesh and nail pf the. thumb of his left hand was torn array irom tlie first joint. The index finger of his right was also greatly lacerated. The bone was ground down and crushed. Tetanic- syrftptofas having appeared,l, .obliged toadminister the usfi.-ir Remedies in this case. TlieiiujujiesLSiistained by Walsh are of a serious nature. He may be disabled for six months, and mfiy-pWbably Tiisfe Hie finger, Thq injuries, are the effects of severe; tnntrg J aif#CTilsmng. a J v a

The bench committed the prisoner for trial at the next session of the Supreme Course jMHellitfittNapieiii i.’M A J On Monday Te Hau was sentenced to three months,,imprisonment for larceny; and a man named Whiteman fined 5s for being dru«k incapable j y-

t-t-d! • -.TgEspAY, OciOHEB 5, 1875.5? 8rp Thos. Gilmore wos’fined 20s for beirfg d«uuk anddisorderly.- b m- i i-•I s, . McKasOv-: Williams. :iCl&im:'£lo?aniouiit; .ofi kirder.<{given 'by? def§nd3ffit jaDZEdd. iI,;T ;d , F.rom tlie ,eyid,eiice addiiced by . defendant it appeared that the order was endorser!‘by William Hbbti; Who presented it to Captairi-’ i -ReWd tJ -bir whonr R Ws drawn —and’ repeixed payment for it, Plaintiff,-on the other hand swore thatiid had not received airy, money from Hood on aqcqunt Zan:u'.i; Mr. H. Hood was examined and said i he knevrndthing of the order, the endorseI ment was his brother’s. : Judgritent" was r f^ r ; the defendant «--arr; ?«»! in, sW®!bß V. 'HGLEGwAY.Claim £3 Is 3d for printing and adver--tizing. No appearance of defendant. Judgment fpr. plaintiff.. y . ■ -ff Shephebd v, lifNi Whakatase v tNr) OtHEBS. I Assault.—Mr. . Wilson for plaintiff; 1 Mr. Rbgafl fdr defendants. It appears that thb plaintiff was proceeding,, .according, to instructions, to ; survey a piece of land-for Mr. Chambers, when the defendants „ obstructed apd finally assaulted hiin, fhfieatening flint if, he returned they would serve him in the same way. The offence was fully proved, although the opposing counsel brought up a “ question of title ” to justify the conduct of his clients.

There was anotheixcharge of aj#nk>ilar nature -brought against wh» were fined 10s CS W snqAiosts. .which, with £5 s ,lqss ,of tinM»were tai L Claim £5O, for <sf 280" sheep whilst being driveWlß!rland froqt Wairoa. Several witnesses wereexamined SS®tKes coste.*nYe are u2fcj)elled ►to hold over the evidence in this case owixur to the l-itnnas» nf thg ihftlir jt whinh Tfie-Uourfrose.) Phi affin Messrs’ TuiclianM L OJU ! W' g r, '' £- * w * "streets iWfeciitVaßMibttteiitfox, iFi'qK Mjr. Steggall, in reference todtte legality-of-the pound. tfo-Steggaii’s ■ letter wawtaif dteMJ. ©blieitor.) to; Jt?F‘ :n iaken to carry out the instruc-jt-iijßttersmweW' ordered- tube writterrTo the Immigrate®- ! iK-AHeklaWd' to this <nstnpk (1 *.)x;! /toll ■ To Mr- Adair calling his_ attention to! yafds at trie wharf, ana requesting fthatl they be made safe—for traffic witßoutj delay. — »rll»x<! 51JA8 KO 2 To sfr. IF. ..contractor and sureties notifying' him that unless tqptracts D, E and F bo once steps will be taken to complete them at contractor’s risk. «' Sn,CT ’ The Secretary’s report tqf /moneys received was laid upon fhe table. Various accounts wcf-cf ptfeWed, and the Board decided tovorijeefiilsfgain on Monday the’ 18th inst.