TE A WAMUTU POLICE COURT.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1482, 3 January 1882, Page 2

TE A WAMUTU POLICE COURT.

Friday, 30th December. — (Before Andrew Kay, Esq., J.P., and Edward Parsons, Esq., J.P.) Chabge of Indecent Assault on a Married Woman. — Franciscus Van Damme, of Kihikihi, carpenter, was brought up on a, warrant, chai'ged with committing an indecent assault upon* Thirza Temple, the wifToisChas. Temple, of Kihikihi, settler.^The information wab laid on Wednesday last, the alleged offence having occurred ou the previous day. The prosecution was conducted by Constable Gillies, while Mr Gresham was retained for the defence. After the evi-l dence for the prosecution and defence had been heard, Mr Gresham addressed) the Bench, stating that he did not wishj to obtain the acquittal of his client by) aspersing the character of the com- \ plainant ; he desired, however, to ask the/ Bench whether they would wish him to adduce evidence as to the general charac- 1 ,ter and credibility of complainant. The Bench announced that the evidence for" the prosecution, was so contradictory that a conviction was impossible, and they accordingly discharged the accused.

Pigs profit by a good run on clover or fresh grass, when slaughtered, they should weigh a pound for each day they are old.- [ - , . v A ghastly kind of manure is being manufactured in England., It is from the dead bodies of the defenders of Plevna, 300 tons of which were 'shipped from Constantinople to Dover. „ . : The unwillingness of i a* cow to let down her milk* is very often due to unskillful milking, causing the animal pain. '.Try a change of milkers, 1 and .bathe the ujclder several times a day with -warm ■water. ) Ori the homestead every boy- and girl , should have their own tree to care, for, anduhave Tthe Ifruit* { They * shqukUbe taught,to -plant the seeds .of .fruits and, to : > "care i fpr > thej"seedlings,'a?id>h6w,totbud or, ,i tiie AGoimecti^ut 'Fetp& therexteaprdinary heat,- r ot Septiember,^ gro^>f9r^c%m^g-in|the^^mB^of|, Easti. ;Riyer , and~; Guildford r.many "of, iithem? i^ '~ } 1 v '