R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2945, 9 July 1888, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

CARTERTON-MONDAY.

(Before Mr Von Stunner, R.M.)

Anketell v Beard .-Claim £9l3s Gd balance on windmill, In this case, which occupied nearly the whole of .Friday, judgment was given this morning, Plaintiff was non-suited with Court costs, 9s, and two witnesses 10s each. ... SergtPrice vF. T. l)rancliley,Breach of Railway bye-laws. Mr Pownall for defendant, Adjourned by cousent to Friday next,-. William Golding was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Queenstreet, and pleaded guilty. There were some dozen convictions recorded against him, tho last being for obscene language and larceny at Featherston.' Prisoner denied that bo was the. man against whom the record appeared Hb acknowledged to the Featherston oases,

Accused was further charged with assaulting nnd resisting Sergt, Price on Saturday last whilst in .the execution of his duties,

Sergt. Price deposed ho arrested prisoner oil Saturday night for drunkenness and disorderly conduct; whilst doing so prisoner assaulted witness and Constable Salmon. He kicked witnessseverely in the groin aud injured him to such air extent that ho was incapacitated from duty,. Accused was more liko n maniac than anything else. Ho did not think prisoner kicked him with tho wilful intention of doing him serious bodilv harm,

Prisoner said he had a drop too much, and did not know what ho was doing. For tho first-offence prisoner was fined 20s or 48 hours imprisonment; and on the second charge 21 days bard labor,

William Howard pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Queen Street on Saturday night last. Sergt, Price requested His Worship to ask tlio prisoner what his correct name was,

In answer to the Bench, prisoner, stated that his naiua was Hamilton, but he was ashamed of his name appearing in the papers, and that was tho reason he had given the name that appeared on tho cliurgoshect, It was not because ho had anything recorded against liini, He recognised His Worship as tho Magistrate whom ho had been brought before at Hokianga, but it was only for being drunk. His Worship suid he was glad to see prisoner hud some shame in him, as evidenced by his not wishing his minis tp appear jn public print, He would give him a chance, and fine him ss, or iS hours,