R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2030, 1 July 1885, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

CARTERTON.—TUESDAY. [Before H. A, Stratford, R. M., and W. Booth, J.P.] ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, A Bennett -was charged by Mary Driscoll with using obscene and abusive language towards her on the 23rd inat, in the public street, The .accused: pleaded not guilty. The complainant. was represented by Mr Beard, while Mr Sandilands appeared for the accused. The complainant admitted pushing the accused down in the . road, and also with throwing pieces of wood at him. ■ Jane Davis, wife of Thomas Davis, stafed that she ,vas at the house of the complainant at the time mentioned, and heard the abusive language, and also saw the accused fall over a piece of .wood. He was rather tipsy at the time. To Mr Sandilands: I saw Mrs Driscoll throw a piece of, wood at the accused, and the accused threw another at tho complainant. I am quite sure' that: the language as read-from the information wasusedby accused/ . ... . John Taylor said: I was in Mr Angove's shop. The shop is about half a chain from the residence of the complainant, I heard the accused ask the complainant, to remove some firewood from his fence, when she (the complainant) threw a bit of wood at the accused. I did not hear the language used, as- the complainant asserts, for if it had bedn used I must have heard it, So far as I , could make out, the argument was about removing the firewood, I heard' nothing till I heard Mrs Driscoll talking very loud, I went out of the shop directly 1 saw Mrs Driscoll throwing pieces of wood, at the accused, but not -the accused at the complainant. ■ Francis Tyler deposed: I did not hear any foul language used. When I went out I saw the accused on the ground, and Mrs Driscoll with wood in her hand, All I heard the accused say was "what are you going to do now The accused was about half tight. On cross summons, Mary Driscoll was charged by A. Bennett with assaulting him in the public street.

A. Bennett deposed that on the day before mentioned he was between his house and the one occupied by the accused, and met the accussod on the footpath and passed the usual time of day, when she gave him a push and Bent him headlong into the road. Ho asked her to remove her firewood from his fence, but did not use any offensive language towards her. When he went to her door to ask hefto remove her firewood she struck him with a piece of wood and knocked him down. Mi's Bottles saw her push him down.

J. Taylor corroborated his previous evidence, and stated that when he told Mrs Driscoll to stop throwing wood at Bennett, she threw the piece at him, which struck him in the pit of the stomach. He saw Mrs Driscoll knock Bennett down with a piece of wood. Bennett was on the ground when the last piece of wood was thrown at him.

Francis Tyler corroborated the evidence of the last witness. In answer to Mr Beard, he said that he stood at the shop door and saw all that passed. Mary Ann (the wife of G, Bowles) corroborated the. evidence in reference to seeing Mrs Driscoll push Bennett down in the road without any sseming provocation, and Jacob Johnston gave similar evidence.

Both informations were dismissed, the parties to pay their own costs. There were no civil cases, and the Court then rose.