MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 109, 1 June 1885, Page 3

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

ThibP)at. (Before Messrs. H f^Halie and J. E. Smith, ,/^Tostioei.) ALLBOIDxisiAULT AT THK HOSPITAL. Owen^Jane was brought up ou a oharge of hvfing unlawfully assaulted Dr. Chilton, Siipernntindent of the Wellington Hospital. -^»r. &h»w appeared for the aoottsed, who / pleads^ Not Uuilty. Dr. Chilton deposed that £boot 11.20 o'clook last night he was told Ky the Lady Superintendent that one of tho OfookJ had retnrned to the Hospital in Vbiuitoxioatfld condition. Finding that the raaxi, who wan the aconsed, was very drank, y ho ordered him out of tho Hospital. Accused would not leave the premiies. and witness ejeoted him, and thon locked him up in an onthonse and sent for a oonstable. In patting the accused out of th« Hospital, witness was hurt in the hand with a sharp instrument in the accused's possession. A small wound, whioh bad beoome very painful, was inflicted. By Mr. Shaw— Witness was not aware that at the time of the affair the acoused wore a breast pin. Tbe acoused was in a maudlin state from drink. He was in the corridor when witness first saw him. He had no right to be there at that time of tho night. The acoased had onoo been a pationt in the Hospital. At the time of the assault the odensed waa under ordow to vaoato hin position as cook. The steward had givon him notice' In patting him oat of the Hospital witness did not use unnecessary force. Miss Maradon, Lady Superintendent of tha Hospital, gave ovidenoe that she did not consider the dbotbr had used unnecessary force in ejecting tho man. Aooused struggled with the, doctor, but she did not see him strike the latter. A young lady who acts as night nurse at the Hospital stated that when the aoonsed came into the Hospital, he asked for pea and ink, whioh were given to him. She did not witness tbe assault. This closed theoasofor the proioontion. , Mr. Shaw stated that mo assault had been committed. At the time of tho alleged assault, the aouused wore a scarf pin, and the wound whioh was inflicted must nave been oaused by the hud coming into violent contact with it. Dr. Cbilton, reoallod. deposed that ha did not think the wound was infiioted by tho pin. Kane, the defendant, waa then examined. He stated that ho had given notice of his intention to leave tho Hospital, and he was to have left to-day. When Dr. Chilton arrived that gentleman, who was in his night olothea, handled him roughly, and a struggle took place. Witness be'ievod the wound was caused by the doctor's hand coming into oontaot with a breast pin ho (witness) was wtaring. He certainly did not assault tho dootor. The Benob considered the oharge had not been proved, and they accordingly dismissed it. AM OLD OFFBNDIB. Jessie Murray, a woman of good education but a confirmed dipsomaniac, was charged with having been found on the premises of one Kennedy, Mulgrave-street, lost night. She admitted the oharge. Shs said she had gone into tbe buildings juifc to rest htrself. Constable Harnett proved the oase ; and the aooused was sentenoed to 48 hours' imprisonment. DRUNKINNIBB. Thro* men were punished for this offence. IN ABBCONDIB. William Webdalo, a boy of about 14, waa charged with having absoonded from the Bnrnham Industrial School on the 24th of May. He admitted the offence. On the application of Inspeotor Goodall he was reminded until to-morrow in order that the polioe might ascertain whether his mother, who resided in Westport, was willing to take him baok. A WILD TODNa UAH. Thomas O'Dowd pleaded Guilty to a oharge of having occasioned a breach of the peaoe in Willis-street at midnight on Saturday. He also admitted having made use of obscene language on the same occasion. It appeared from the evidence of Constable Bree that the young man took off his coat- and struck knottier named Bibb, at the same time nsing aoma very bad language to the latter. The occurrence was witnessed by about 40 or 50 people. Constable Ward taid the language was "simply abominable;" it could be heard from one end of the street to the other. The Btnob imposed a fine of 40a, with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment for the first offence ; and on the second oharge they sent aootued to gaol for seven days, the jsentonoes to ran concurrently. TAORANCT. John Fonton admittod that he was without visible lawful means of support. It appeared from tha evidence of Samuel Death, a settler «t the Taita, that the accused had been knocking about at the Taita for some days past. Ho did no work, and lived on the charity of the settlers. The witness said he had ordered the aoousod off his premises, beosnse he was afraid he would accidentally set fin to the buildings. 'J he aooused waa well connected at Home. The Bench discharged the acoused on condition tbat he went to work at onoe. Inspeotor Goodall stated that Mr. Craiokshank, of the Upper Hutt, was willing to give the man a trial.