R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Issue IX, 29 August 1887, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

■»■ ——... ~. MASTERTON -MONDAY;, 'v • (Befote S. yoHS'roßMira,:R.M)' ■'■'■ I . Stabbing Case. ~..,„, * Duncan Beatty,, a respectable ing young man, was charged'on the.4 ' information of the poke, with cutting and Poole at Masterton on August 2ft. '■'.) ' Complainant stated that he was i '" barman at the Club Hotel, Maßtertbn. ' s On the evening of August 25th, the |S accused came to the Hotel rather the. worse for liquor, and caused .a disv 4 turbance by his offensive language..' n He went into the billiard robinind.' 16 prevented the table being used/by ; ; '':■ sitting upon it,. Witness requ'eatef; 6 him to get off the table and leave 'the,' house, and on his refusing, put jfljA.' "■ outside. When outside accused,!!?.; ■ " came more abusive, and put'n him nff the premises into > Bannister*,

street, a scuffle took placej. and blows "• were struek on both' sides. As wit- ; ' ness ; waß leaving,the accused used most foul language,' and said i" Come here aud I'll giveyou what you want?,. He then., rushed upon witness., and: struck'him in the side.. Hefeltsomev" thing like a needle pricking hinr ; st v the time, but took no notice of it till 4 short time after, when tlie 'pain 'fo>* creaM considerably. He then found' that lie had been stabbed in. the .left side, He went to Mr Eton's chemist who dressed the wound. .The cciat, vest, shirt, singlet, and • drawsra (produced), were thosohe wore' whan struck, and were all cut through. Wittiess.saw nothing in accused's' hand jwhoa he struck him. '' ;.,

' '. ■ Accused had no questions to ask.» 1 -inanßwerto the Bench, Wiliijf/ 1 said that the accused had 'two glasses > of' whiskey during the: day at'.the 1 : hotel. He threw a glass of whiskey • : over witness, 'because the nip was'flot : not largo : enough. ; Did, not Consider ' the' accused was; drunk.. [..,,, ' IS. Pirihey, groom at the! Club '' Hotel'Stablos, deposed that h« saw ' the'last witness and the mused • struggling in the yard of the; hotel, f and subsequehty saw accused put out " into Bannister Street. • After that* the•'.last witness turned,to go into the .-.hotel when the'accused came back and pulled something out of his .pocket, and said " Come on, I'll give you enough of it, if you want it,", pr '■ words to'that effect. Poole then went j to.put him off the premises .again, ; when a. bit of a tussle ensued. He ■ idid not see accused strike- .Poole; It ■ ■ wasa rough and tumble affair. ■■ Did v tiUftwenty minutes after ~ that Poole had been stabbed. Witness ? was'about five yards away wkfa *■ accused took something fromTKi j pocket. .. ■ . By the Bench: Saw the scuffle on the second occasion. There was-no, possibility of Poole being stabbed by; e accident, as he did not fall down or strike against anything. ,'"."„ ' H, E. Eton, chemist, stated that qu; the evening of the 25th August, Poole; ; ; came to his shop at about 7 o'clock; I suffering from a slight wound -under' - the lower rib. The woiwd waa ■ .about three eights of an inch in width and deptth, and was a straight stab. » The wound could not have been caused by a nail or by him falling ;oh' a stone. " Sergeant Price proved the arrest of j the accused on the charge of stabbipg a man with a knife, '". Wheif- 'charged I accused saidj " Oh that be hanged, I haven't got any knife about me." On being searched, a pockot knife (pro- , duced) was found upon him. Accused " waß very much under the influence of liquor at the time. ' " The accused, who had nothing^ '. sayin defence, was fully commit [ to take his trial at the next sitting of l " the Supreme Court at Wellington on ? ' October Brd, His Worship remarking '• that it wa s high time the use of'the ■'■ knife was put down. .;'3£\ ii i