FINES FOR ASSAULT

Grey River Argus, 16 December 1930, Page 4

FINES FOR ASSAULT

A TRAC AS LN A HOTEL. 4.~— At the ’s Court yesterd: .. before Mr W. Me],bum; S.M.. John T'-'-tmi-t (MP M. H. •Fame'-> a£id Clifford Mxfffit yMr W. J. Joyce) were charged, Leonard with assaulting John Small, and Moffit with assaulting Leonard. Both plead''-! guilty. Seni< r Sergeant Rbal'h sa-d they stayed at Stillwater TloteT.- and between S p.m. and 9 p.m. December Ist, Jj Moffit was having a game of cards with another lodger, while Leonard -J had been listening to the wireless in V another room. It was not going -as successfully’ as it usually did.- Leonard had apparently been tinkering with it. John ?mftH. aged .61 r ’porter, askej Leonard what he had done to the wireless. He denied interfering. They had seme words. Leonard lost his temper, striking Small o‘a the jaw. ami knocking him out. Moffit wits so incicnsed that he knocked Lop sard out. Leonard went into the passage, wlit-ro he was telling how Moffit struck .i l im, and Moffit went joUt to Leonard Tand said, “Now, you hit me like you hit the eld man!” Leonard replied’* Moffit !■ ad been in the boxirig ring was too good for him. Moffit struck Leonard in the mouth, kn<X'fc-*l ing his teeth loose, and gave jwonfrb blows, until pulled away. Mr Joyce said Small was - old mid and Moffit resented Leonard kiiocki out. Mr James said he understood Leonard was much provoked by Small, who called him abusive names. Leonard r ’ was Mof a young man. Se:-gt. Roach asked’ Small to stand -L up. so that the Magistrate could cdmN» pare him with Leonard, and the ferend?"was obvious. The "Magistrate said Leonard did ?£ cowardly thing and would be fined £2! If Mbfiif had stopped at striking’'" Leonard for hitting Small, he would ’ 7 have regarded that action as being Al- Cu most ju?tifred, but he committed a fijr- 1 ther assault. His offence yas nothing like so bad as that of Leonard. MoflLt would be fined £l. Each accused was orderej. to . pay _-J3s 8d witnesses ’ rx- 1* pc' -, s. .