RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 55, 17 July 1862, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

(Before J. Curling, Esq., iI.M.) July 11th. Rhodes v. Rabone. A claim of £5 for rent. Judgment confessed tor the whole amount, and costs, 11s. Rhodes v. Shepherd. A claim of £l3 for rent. Judgment confessed tor whole amount and costs, 15 a . Rhodes y. Goldfinch. A claim for rent of £l2. Settled out of court July 12th. Edward Suddenly, was fined ss. for drunkenness /r> July 14th. (Before J. Curlingj. R.M J. A. Smith Esq., and H. S. Tiffen Esq., J.P. char e cd ' vith assaulting wS f *if P ' Bro ' Vl1 ’ on the 11th instant, whilst in the execution of his office. It appeared in evidence that on Friday last 1 ■ C. Brown was in the act af taking a horse belonging to Mr. J. Rose to the pound, when Mclntyre went to him, and requested the horse to bo given up which Brown refused to do. Mclntyre then used some violent and abusive language, and ultimately struck the constable a blow on the lace. Corporal of police then came up, and the horse was given up, on payment of the fee, to its owner and Mclntyre was taken into custody. J. • C. 1 mneano, and Corporal Evans corroborated the above statement. In defence, Mclntyre said he saw the policeman taking the horse to the pound, went to him. and said it he would give him the horse he would pay the expenses. After walking a little further on the policeman threatened to strike him with tne baton if he did not stand aside, and he (defendant) hud hold of the staff. Ho was very much excited, and believed he used some very bad language. He then called John Rose, who stated that he heard hi"h words, and saw the baton raised to strike Mclntyre. Ihey were much excited, and he believed both were under the influence of liquor. He. would swear Mclntyre never struck the policeman. • thought the offence proved, and inflicted a fine ol £5 and costs, or one month’s imprisonment with hard labour in default. -. The fine was paid. ~ John. Rose , was then charged with resisting P. C. Brow n in the execution of his office, on the preceding Friday. P. C. Brown stated that as he was takin" the •■movement ioned horse to the pound, he who said the horse was his, and offered to pay the fees, Mil ness told him he could not give up the norse till ho saw corporal, whereupon the defendant struck the horse on the head with a whip, so a# to make him start and try to get away. Ihe policeman called Mr. J. H. Sebly in support of the charge, who stated that he witnessed * tne transaction, and saw Rose lift his whip and strike the horse on the head. ’I he charge was not denied by the defendant, and the Bench inflicted a fine of £2 and costs, or two months imprisonment with hard labor in default. The fine was paid.