POLICE COURT.-This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4130, 27 September 1883, Page 2

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Boforo Captain Daldy and Mr Prime, J.P.s) Drunk.—Thomas James, Ss. .. Assault.—Willimn Sturgeon and Jas. Homt were charged with assaulting C. A. Potersen, on board the Grasmere, on tho 23rd inst., W catching him by the throat and bumping DW against tho buhvarks.-lloult pleaded gouty to knocking tlio man down.—Sturgeon pleaded noi guilty.—Mr Earl appeared for complainant, a Swede,whoshippedinLondonasacarpenter,ana, , according to his statement, had been subjected to ill-treatment, during the whole of the voyage The evidence was as follows:— CarlAugustFetersen deposed that ho was on the ships articles as a carpenter. On the day in question the maw accused him o£ spoiling some mouldings. w>° tried to degrade, him as a mechanic. He was struck first by tho boatswain wilhabroomsHclc. - —As the prosecutor's account was very coniusing, Mr Bergen was caUed to interpret between Peterson and tho Court in order to keep u» latter from rambling into other ovents.—He: was tied by tho hands and his head drummed.» was still very bad on the top; the boy loM » hand.—Frederick Morgan, a joiner, dcposai that he was on the main-hatch when tlio assau h. was committed. The boatswain ordered complainant to do something; he positively refusal to 'obey; tho mate repeated tho ordor, Peterson still refused to obey. Peterson raised his [anno, holding a pair of compasses, appearing as tnongn ho would strike; v scu/ile ensued, and the taree fell on deck ; Potcrsen was told not toi throw mo broom up; he did it. Pctorscn would not™!? had to do certain work had he been capaDieol doing the work of a ship's carpenter.-Auu. some further ovidonco, tho Bench ordereoine discharge of Sturgcss, and Hoult, who stroc* him, to remain in custody until the rising of tie Court. No order as to costs. _.«j N t ■ Hefusi.no A\'AOES.-Captein T. Raymond, m tho British ship Grasmero, was charged »• refusing to pay to Carl August Peterson-1 »eoa mmi, the sum of £5 10s. alleged to be duo totem. -Petcrscn gavocvidonce, and deposed that tne money was duo, but lib of tobacco wasi to oe , deducted.-Captain Raymond said itwas noi customary to pay wages until the eno m> u^_ term. Peterson had not served his term. Peterson: But I've had enough of it.-!™ Bench ruled that claimant had not pursued tW> proper course, and ho could not sue.-lJi^missea Breaking A Dooit.-Anthony Bcnjamaz,^ scribed as a painter of \ ictona-street ™ charged under theMaliciouslnjurytoPropew Act, with wilfully throwing stonesland_damw ing the door of a house in Adelaide-street, we property of Wm. White.-Finally the charge was withdrawn. . i.v»nfhtiai-To-mouko w.-Owing to the heavy list of W. ness in prospect the Court will sit at Wo clo«. This was all the business.