POLICE COURT.—Saturday.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1912, 7 December 1874, Page 3

POLICE COURT.—Saturday.

(Before E. W. PtJCKEF, Esq., J .P., and Dr. Pkkston, J.l\) Dsunkennkss. — One inebriate was punished in the usual manner. CABE&ESS Dbiving. — George Parker was oharged with a breach of section 54, By-law JNo. 1 of the Borough of Thames that he, being the driver of a cart, did unlawfully leave the same unattended in (trey-street, Sbortland, without passing through the near wheel thereof a suitable chain so as to effectually prevent the rotation of the wlieel.—Defendant pleaded guilty.—Mr Bullen said this offence was becoming, very prevalent. The horse in question was carting from the wharf and ran away. The by-law provided that the cart might be left unattended, by taking the precaution of passing the chain through'the wheel, a provision which was totally neglected. He brought the present case before the Court in order to give the matter publicity.—Defendint was fined 10s and costs.

Assault.—George .Reddish was charged with unlawfully assaultiug one Cornelius Morris, by attempting to strike him on the Ist instant.—Defendant pleaded not guilty.—Mr. Brassey for complainant and Mr JDodd for the defendant-Plaintiff deposed the assault was committed on Tuesday evening. Defendaatjumpedover a fence, drew his fist, and told plaintiff he would knock the nose off him. tie rose his fist, but did not strike. Plaintiff was within striking distance, about three feet, from defendant. He did not strike at plaintiff. — Cross-examined: Defendant lived close to plaintiff. He had no claim to the property himself. He called there to fence the property for another, Mr Leraancbus. He ordered plaintiff off the ground, and he refused to go. -\V. H. Grace deposed that at the time the assault complained of he was present. He came down with Taipari, in reference to an allotment which Taipari had let to Lemanchus.of which Keddish refused to give up possession. Keddish raised his hand, clenched, and appeared to be about to strike plaintiff, but did not strike. Plaintiff and defendant were very close together. Witness told lieddisli to clear iff the property. He refused to do so, and wanted to see the titles.—Mr Dodd contended that there wa3 no eviJence that nn assault had been committed. If there <vas an action at all it should have baen for provoking language. He also siid that the question of title arose, and it had been decided a few days ago by the Resident Magistrate that the question of title being involved the Court had no jurisdiction. On these grounds he claimed iiat defendmt be discharged^-—flie oaae »as, dismissed on the ground that the Court bad )Q jurisdiction. Mr Dodd a-ked for u, QUtttyjg tQ

Provoking Languaos, — Margaret. "Reddish was charged with using provokingand insulting language towards Cornelius Morris, for the purpose of annoyance and provocation. Mr Dodd, for the defendant, pleaded not guilty. Mr Brassey for plaintiff.—George Morris deposed that on Tuesday evening last defendant called him a cur; to go home and mind his bastard children, and he might get another £50. Witnpss addressed no conversation to the defendant at all. He was nfiMid of her tongue. He had given her no provocation.—W. H. Grace was also examined and corroborated the evidence of- the plaintiff.—For the defence, George Reddish was examined. The statements made by plaintiff and Mr Grace were untrue. She told him to go away and mind his children, if he was a man at all, and not come jumping their land. It was witness, not his wife, that made use of the insulting language." His wife said nothipg about bastard children ; it was he-who said it.—Margaret J. ; eddish deposed that the statement of the plaintiff was false. She made use of no abusive or insulting language to s plaintiff. The reference she made to £50 was that plaintiff said about the neighbourhood that he would get £50 to put them {the defendants) off the ground. She never alluded to bustard children.—Win. Lodder was also examined, and corroborated the evidence of the two last witnesses. -The Bench found the 1 case proved, and ordered defendant to become bound in £20 aud two sureties in £10 each to keep the peace for three months, and to pay,, the costs.