R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3604, 3 September 1890, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

BIASTERTON—WEDNESDAY. (Before Colonel Roberts, R.M.) Furious -Driving. Joseph Wviglit was charged by Sergeant Price with a breach of the Police Offences Aot by driving furieuslybetween Mastertonand T&ueni. Defendant pleaded guilty. «. Michael Sulliran, sworn, deposed that on tho 27th of August lie was employed on tho Mafiterton-Taaeru road. Knew the accused and saw him about 5.30 on the evening of that day. He was driving a horse attached to a buggy. The horse was galloping at a full pace, and he was whipping it at the same time, The reins were quite slack. Saw him for about half a mile, and he. continued at tho same pace. Duncan McLachlan, surveyor, sworn, stated that he remembered the evening of the 27th of August, on which date he was on a property at Wangaehu some little distance from the road. Saw the accused coming in tho distance with & horso and buggy at a furious speed, Went out to the road to meet him him, as at first he thought it was a runaway. The man was driving oarelessly and whipping the horse, " ~ 0. E, Bremner, Bworn, doposed .that he remembered August 27th. He was coming from Tin'ui on that date. He saw a man about 6,10 p.m., buf as it was nearly dark he could not identify him.. Took the man who was driving to be either a medical man or a lunatic. , Was glad he was off the road at the time or ho . would surely have been telescoped. Several bridges which had to be uegociated were very dangerous. ' Mr McLaohlan, re-called, stated that hp'had seen no qthef vehicle going towards tlie Taueru except a carton that ,day. Mr Sullivan, lie-called, gaye similar evidence, . r. - ; The defendant gave as his only excuse the fact that he 'was-a stranger and was anxious to get home beforo dark. He had only driven on the road oace before. ~ . ORUELTY TO XHIHiLS. ' Defendant was fujther charged with' owelty ip on 27th, bqt in answer to the queston "guilty or not guilty" he infor|| ; the Court that ho had not Jpfjji. served with.a sammok i;V;: v : ; ! ' ... The 9°urt> said that the accused had been the liifbr* niation,'and it must therefore .have been served... ... Defendant then rlpaded guilty. _ 'Michael Sullivan deposed to sejeing the '; accused . the horse seyerely-jop , tjbe ijay; in Considered hp'ivas 'cruelly 'iliusing it. ; . Did not see him use ;sny..father part of.tho whip oxcept tho laah'.' ' l • 'D, M'tachlan gave corroborative evidence, •

r" -. .i'r i :;: Accused gave the. same excuse as m -v . i the former- case, that ho .was in a i hurry' to get home and'did not know... 1 the road. On the first charge the - Court inflicted a penalty of £l, with costs 13s, and on the second s penalty of .. . £2.105, with 7s costs, His Worship severely reprimanded the accused for his conduct, which endangered the .- ; lives of the «public as. well as his own.,^.» As the accused 'stated ha was a stranger,) and could'' not find the. money, he was sentenced to four days' ; )inprisdnmeht'6h the first ohargo/ and en days on the second.