R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2757, 24 November 1887, Page 3

R.M. COURT.

■W MASTERTON—THURSDAY. (Bcfore-S. Yon Stdbmer, R.JI.)". ASSAULT AT MANGASIAHOE. Daniel McGi'l was charged with assaulting William Hayward at .the Manganiflhoo Eailway Station 011 the icitiiist. ® Beard appeared ■.tor the informant, ill' Bunny for defendant, William Harvard stated that lie was sliding on the platform of tlie Mangmiialioe Railway Station on the . 16th. inst. when defendant came up and demanded payment for a dinner that witness had. On witness saying that'ffefendant owed him more money ■' he became abusive and struck witness, and followed up the . assault in the refreshment room; and then abused him in one of the railway . images. ""'in answer to Mr Bunny, witness that defendant owed him nine or iPrshillings for some bush work he fid. for him; Defendant did not engage witness to do the work; it was an arrangement between him and his mate. Had'made no application for the- money before he went into the place to -get the meal. He thought defendant Was intoxicated when he .]:• Qcraihritted'tliii assault. •?1' ;{james Macara, coach- proprietor, '' •; g?sfe'vidence 'to the' effect that he was for th'6'train at the Manga- :. mahoer Statioiron .the day.in question. />■. He -saw ■ the • defendant/'there in an )/ excited state, - E'ut did not see him ' ' strike Hayward,' although he,saw his lips bleeding.' Saw ' Nothing-of l an assault in the railway carnage. Had L ;kno\vn Mill about twelve months as .'•? 'a : p.eacable,'quifet;maii f • , . . George Perkins gave evidence ~as to the assault. He"sa\j r defendant strike ' Hayward in the face, on the platform, «w nothing of the assault ixx the ty carriage. indant, on oath, denied owing Hayward' a farthing.' He admitted striking liiip, but pleaded as an excuse that ho got wet on i the day of the " assault, and took Several " whiskies" • to counteract the effects of the wet' weather.. He wus greatly annoyed to think that Hayward was trying to do bim out of the price of the meal, and said that men often went away from -Kb boarding ,lio'ugo without squaring up. He expressed great sorrow for '. striking HaywaM and attributed 'it to the effects of tho drink. judgmra^,. ; 1 thatj kind must be: .. put a' to. Defendant was a power- • would

fine. Defendant was fined £2 with costs £2 7s, or in default 14 days imprisonment with hard labor, WATERLOO VETERANS. There are now only two men "on the books" of tho British War Office as entitled to pensions in any form who were present at the battlo of Waterloo.. Tho two survivors are General the Earl of Albemarle, father of Lord Burys, and General G. Wliichcote, both of whoso names appear side by side in tho monthly Army List as. general officers on the half-pay of their former regimental commissions. General Wliichcote, who is ninety-two years of age, was present in the action as lieutenant in tho 52nd Light Infantry, and Lord Albemarle as an ensign in the 14th foot, The former saw active service prior to Waterloo, having joined the 52nd as a volunteer in December, 1810; served with the regiment in the Poninsula,'Franco and Flanders, being present at the actions of Sabugal. El Bodon, Vittoria, Vera, and the Battles of Pyrenees, Nivelle, the Nile, Orthes, Tarbes, and Toulouse.

Captain lid win at noon to-day, predicts a West to South and South-East gale with ■mora .rain. Messrs Lowoa and lorns announce an attractive general salo for Saturday next 'cmbrnciuir all buds uf furniture produce, ' aiid a lot of </ood cheese, all without reserve. .Mr Gi Beetliam is to bring under tho, notice i>f tbe Government the necessity for a strict supervision of the means of egress from all buildings used for public meeting,' including Churches and Theatres; ' "."'.With regard to tho petition of LieutColonel- Thomas McDonnell for the arrears of tho pension attached to the Netf Zealand Cross, the Public Petitions Committee liavo como to the conclusion that although there is some precedent for the claim, yet they do not rccoinniond it. Every other recipient of the Cross have received full arrears of pension, but Lieut-Colonel McDonnell has had the decoration withheld for seventeen years, when ho really should have been tho first to receive it, and has also been refused the arrears of pension due.