POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4708, 8 February 1884, Page 2

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(BefbreS. Kenirick, Esq^.M.)

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I). Brown said be was rot drunk.— '•'■ Constable Christie deposed that at half past eleven last night he saw Brown drunk in BrowD strcafc. He gave him a chance to go home, bat defendant threatened to "punch" his (the con> stable's) head. He lamed back and assaulted him, pulling out a handful of bis bea.d ; /had to throw him to handcuff him, be was so violent. Arrested him for being drunk. He was trying to get into a house in Albert street when he first saw biin.—Sergt. AfcGrath swpru;.tbaL Brown was drunk wheu he was brought to the action. Christie gave him no provoca». tion, and he was very troublesome ; arid j they htd to knock accused down to search him. —Accused said he was at the door of a house in Brown street, and Constable Christie shovtd him r gainst the wall, and afterwards tripped him and knocked him down. He was not drank, 'Tat.he had a little licjuor. When he was bivUjht to the station, the sergeant in charge stuck I.im and knocked him down. What ho did was in self-defence. — The Bench said from his owiV"shewing ho was undei 1 the influence of liquor, and li • >■ iden^e of the constable must be I ."■ • J. He wou.dbofin I for drunken* ue « "i, or imprisonment til the rising ol tie t'?rrl, ci d for p«s',ultiDjj t'^e onsteble 29s or t'iree da^s 1 impiieonment. ABUBIVJ! LANGUAGE. John JPiftert/ was charged on the information of J. B. Ma<"ou,l who prayed that he be bouad over to k^ -p the peace, wita using abusive language. ,

Mr Miller appeared for Mr Mason, and Mr Lusk-for defendant.

JT. B. Mason deposed that' on Monday afternoon he met defendant in Mackay street. He spoke to plaintiff, saying, "Are you going to p*y me the balance of the money you swindled me out of?" Mason replied that - he did not ovr« defendant any money. Bafferty said, "I know.you have a receipt, but still yc.u swindled me out of it; you are a respectable Borough servant, and you leit your country for your country's good; you came here at our expense." He con tinued, " I paid for the coat you are wearin?," and Mason left him, saying, " It's a lie," whereupon Bafferty siid, " If you call me a liar, I will kick you in the gaiter." Never had any business transaction with defendant. His son vrent through the Court, and witness paid his creditors 10s in the pound. Baffeirty was one of his creditors; defendant had previously used provoking language to witness.— Cross-examined by Mr Lush: Sold off his son under a bill of sale, which witness had never admitted was fraudulent. Went to the Cape of Good Hope as an assisted immigrant, that was at the expense of the Cape. Kafferty said, " And from what I have seen of you, you left your country for its good ;" also came to this colony as an assisted immigrant, i that was partly at the oiouy's expense. R. Smith, sworn, slated that he heard an altercation between the parties, but he could not swear what they said.

J. Kafferty deposed that Mason's son was a bankrupt, and had been sold up by his father uni^ei? a bill of sale which he believed wai; a fraudulent one, bad re-, ceived ten shillings in the pouud on ac« coui.t of a debt due tf 1 wit ess. On Mon» day met Masoa and threat aed to lay the matter before the Borough Council, anu Mason said that would be like kicking a man down ; Mason promised if reinstated in the JDorouglt service he would see witness righted ?s regarded the money due. He had said to Masoa, " You came here at bur expense, and now you ride roughshod over us, and from what I have seen of jou, you left your country for your country's good."

Cross-examined by Mr Miller-?-Agreed to iake ten shillings in the £ on account cf the money due to him by Mason jun. The Bench said ife must be considered whether there would be a probability of a repetition of the offence. The defendant was bound over in his own recognisances of £25 to keep t!>e pear? for six months, and to pay the costs of the case. ' „ A NUISANCE. .■.%. '* Charles SchjaUz was informed against for allowing decayed fish to remain oil his premises in Queen street. £ V';. "'■; The defendant admitted that the fish were found on his premises, but pleaded t)iat he was away from home, and his mate had not attended to his work properly. The fish were sharks hung np to dry for the Maoris. The Bench inflicted a fine of Is, and ordered defendant (o p.y the cost of destroying the fish and cleaning the place out. ASSAULT. G. H. Eolton was charged with assault ing James Thomp<;on. Mr Miller appeared for the defence and admitted the ass .ult, but said it h?.d been committed under great provocation. The plaintiff swore that on Monday last he was at Shorlland wharf attending to a boat, with which defendant was connected, and which the plaintiff bad move J ; Ho[i <n commenced abusing him, and threatened to break his nose ; he wound up by striking him in the face several timcy and knocking him down twice; gave no f Tovoca.ion to tbe defendant.

H. Neivea depord to s:jing Eoltou strike Thcmp.or?, and heui'd them both calling one another " pretty nam< s."

The defendant, sworn, s(at d that he went on the wharf apd found t'iat plaintiff h?d moved his boat, and he iold him he hal no right to do so. In the onrse cf an a^sorcation Thompson \'?.& called him a liar, and reiusincj to retract, defendant struck him. The defendant was fia.i 20j and 19s costs.