ONEHUNGA. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Wednesday. [Before J. J. Symonds, Esq., R.M.]

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ONEHUNGA. RESIDENT M A GISTRATE'S COURT. Wednesday. [Before J. J. Symonds, Esq., R.M.]

ASSAULT. | Thomas ißogera, of Ouhuhu, w»s charged by' Alfred Boyle with assaulting him on Monday last. . , , Alfred ,Boyle M dBposed : I was in the employ oi • Mr. Rogers as. cook. On Monday evening, the 12fcji instant, I was in the bar taking a glass of grog with , a Mend.' -Mr. Kogera, the landlord of the house,! oamo to me and asked if I coqked , in. the. bwjs. l I said no. He said the bar was no < place i for me. -I said my work was done, and I was only taking a glass with a friend, i Mr. Rogers then struck me in the face with his! clenched fist. I was not j drunk ;.1 had. onjy, had | , two. glaanes of grog \Wjjthia, j.he last hour. „JJtia,Tj©| r bpen in, h,is,empU>y,^bo»ttvfo months. i George Dunn : lam a miner-from the Thames. I| ha ve been staying at the Criterion Hotel. J X' know i Boyle who .was cook at the .hotel. I heard Mr. i Rogers on, the occasion in question ask jßoyle if the : bar was the,pjace for his work to be done in. Boylei answered in a father sharp and offensive way. When! Boyle Isft the bar, he weat up to Mr. Rogers, *t the; front door, -instead ot going out towards the, kitchen, j I did, not see Mr. -Rogers hit, Boyle with his , fist. I believe he only pushed him away. Philip Cogan, for the defence, said : I am barman at the Criterion Hotel, employed by Mr. Rogers. I| was in the bar on. this occasion. The ccomplainantt t bad been mt > the bar frequently on that day, andi had driuk for his friends. When Mr. Rogrrs spoke j to him. Boyle ar lered 1 ered rather sharply that his work' was done. 1 did not see Mr Kogers strike the com-; plaiuant. Boyle was not drunk, bat ha certainly ,wia far from sober, and Jay sleeping on the tap-room .table for some hours that evening. i The. Court dismissed the case with costs. i

Civil Cases. w. davis v. j. dobson. ' Claim, £1 4s. 8 1. Judgment confessed. .Ordered to .p*y in three weeks. '

COLLEGE Y. WOOLFIELD. Claim, 7s. 6d. , fur damages by goats. Amount, p»id into-Court.