BRUNNERTON,
[from ovr correspondent.] May 6. At a sitting of the Resident Magistrate's Court held to-day before Major Keddell, R M, Richard Hey ward was charged by Johanna Noonan with assault and battery. Mr Guinness appeared for complainant, Mr Jones for defendant. From the evidence of Dr Buckby and a man named Bassett the charge was fully proved. Bassett in his evidence stated that he saw Heywaid strike Mrs Noonan with a hammer. Defendant waa fined LI and costs, A very peculiar feature In the evidence of W. F. Bassett, a witness In the assault case heard this morning, was that a hale, hearty man named Basaett would quietly look on and see an elderly woman like complainant struck with a hammer without interfering or remonstrating with a man who could be guilty of ouch an Mtioal ,
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6435, 7 May 1889, Page 2
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