R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1657, 10 April 1884, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

— —-<>—__ OARTERTON-WEDNESDAY. Before H, S. Warded Esq, 8.M,, and.B. Boys, J.P; Const, .Darby v. James Fisher.— Drunkeness. lined ss, or 24 hours. Enoch Gooden v. Patrick Carr.— Wages M. 2s 4d. Mr. Beard for plaintiff, Mr Sandilands for defendant, Judgment for plaintiff for £\ Os Gd and coasts, ' Anders Christiansen v Robert Butler. Debt £7l9s Gd. Mr Sandilands for plaintiff. Mr Beard for defendant, said his client admitted the debt, but, as it was an account in which several other persons ought to have been joined as defendants, the present defendant could not confess judgment, as. ho wished to be put in. a position to sue the others, Judgment was entered for amount claimed and costs.

MASTERTON-THIS DAY. [Before A. W. Renall and \Y. H. Beetiuji, J.P.'s,] J, H. Corbett was" charged with a breach of the Volunteer Act, section 42, by non-attendance at parades, Mr Beard appeared for tlio informant, Mr Skipper for defendant, It was stated the. case was a test one, and the Bench decided to adjourn it till the Resident Magistrate could deal with it. Ingram v W. Barley—Allowing horse to stray. No appearance of defendant, lined 5s and 7s costs, Assault, Charles Auketell v Frederick Hare, —Unlawful assault, Mr Bunny for informant, Mr Beard for defendant who pleaded not gailty. Mr Bunny said informant was en gaged by defendant's father in connection with threshing operations, An argument between informant and defendant on the merits of certain threshing machines, led to foul words and ultimately a blow from defendant, Charles Auketell deposed:—l am a settler residing on the Upper Plain. On the 20th of March last I was working with defendant and contradicted something which ho said about an engine, when he called me foul names and struck me, I had told defendant that lie was very ignorant and did not know how to write his own name.

Mr Renall said the assault appeared to bo a trivial one. Words arose, and one man gave the other a cuff, Mr Bunny thought that Mr Eenall would net have considered the assault trivial if he had been in the position of the informant, He respectfully submitted that it was not the duty of the Bench to treat it in this way,

Mr Eenall: The Court is the judgo of how the case should be treated !

Informant in reply to Mr Beard said he did not call defendant a b fool, he never did call a man a b— fool unless he was aggravated. He might after lie was aggravated have used strong language, He admitted calling him a b scarecrow because he looked like one. He threatened to thrash him and he replied that he would jam a rail down his throat, Would not say whether he threatened to knock defendant's b— brains out. The blow struck was on his chin, and witness felt pain from it for several days, Charles Matthews, called by Mr Bunny, stated that Anketell called Hare a liar, They swore and cursed at one another. Anketell opened the cursing and swearing. He heard any amount of bad language on both sides.

He did not see any difference between them, nor did he see a blow struck. Tho Court held that an assault was committed.

The defendant deposed that informant called him a b fool. Witness told him to go away, and when he wouldn't he pushed him away. He suould be sorry to hit a thing lib him. Ho might have sworn at informant, but did not use tho foul language attributed to him, Mr Beard rose to re-examine when Mr Bunny accused him of putting leading questions,

Mr Beard said he did not mind what his friend said,

Mr Bunny retorted that ho knew his friend was thick skinned, Mr Beard said he would be sooner thick in the skin than thick in tbc head, The Court inflicted a fine of five shillings, each party to pay his own coats. It regretted that such a case had been brought into Court.