A FRACAS IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2097, 15 December 1885, Page 2

A FRACAS IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

At the Police Court, Hamilton, on Saturday, Daniel Kenny and Martin Toening, were chtigcd with (1) creating a disturb.tncoontlio l.ulway plalfoim at Morrmswlle, (2) w i tli getting in at. am while inmotion, (3) with disonlerly bohav iour in a i.ulway carringo. Toemng w as further ch.\i ged with tr.iv elhng without a tickut. Tho aceuspd who were passengeis to Hamilton from Motrins\|ile on the s,»n)i) rl.iv, weie ai rested by Hoi'tft. Major Mctiovpiu on the arn\.vl ilf the trim at the instance of the railway olhci.iN. Fioin tho evidence it appeared fi.it Kenny, who is a well known character about Hamilton, slept in tho Kama loom with Toonin^ on Fuday night at Brown'a Hotel, Mornns\illc, und on somo dishoneHt pretext obtained from him a loan of five .shillings. After hu departure, T.iening gleaned some particular of Kennys antecedents, and under the impression that he had very little chance of getting his money b ick again followed Kenny to tho station, I where a squabble occurred between them. When tjiq tr»m fcUrUd Kenny, who had purchased his ticket with Toening's money, got aboard, and tho other man who was very excited followed. Dining tho trip to Hamilton the two men wi angled and tongue-thi ashed one auother in tho most approved style, greatly to the edification of the officials and tho numerous pasHOtigeiN, the latter expressing unbounded delight when they saw Mi Mc(Jovern taking thoir entcitainors under his tender care. \ftor hearing the evidence Mr Northcroft said he had. c.oin.o t<> the con> olmtqn tlwtj Mr Kenny was aggroiior,

and he characterised tint gentleman's conduct not only upon this but upon many jire\ ions ncciiMntirt a« the I*o verso of virtuous and gentlemanly. Tocnins? was fined £2 14< 101, including co-^ts, Kenny, on th<* firifc and third charaw wai nent to g.iol for 0110 month foi each offence, without the <>pti m of a tine, the sentence* to run concurrently. On the second charge ho was fined 20t and c>st% J)s, t) bo reco\eied by di-tuMs w.irr.mt.