COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS. Queenstown, 30th March, 1871.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 647, 6 April 1871, Page 3

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS. Queenstown, 30th March, 1871.

(Before R. Beetham, Esq., R.M, and Messrs Haughton and Hallenstein. J.P.'s.)

Drunk. —An inebriate whs sentenced to 48 hours imprisonment being the penalty inflicted upon his conviction, for the second time upon a similar charge. Constable Maloney said that he found the accused drunk in Beach-street. The Bench remarked in reply to an appeal from the accused that they could not overlook the offence, or make fish of one and flesh of another. Another individual whose name did not transpire, was charged by Mr W. S. Trotter as being a lunatic. Mr Trotter, who had brought prisoner from Kingston, said he was dangerous to himself. Remanded for medical examination. Jackson v. Palmer. —This was an assault case, arising through a mining dispute at the branches of the Upper Shotover. The assault consisted in pointing a gun at the complainant and his two mates, Stewart and O'Loughlin, and requiring them to remove their traps from defendants hut. The language used was described in a very excited maimer by the complainant (Jackson) who had to be cautioned while in the box. The use of intemperate language, and the threat to cut down defendant when he took up stones, was confirmed. The quarrel appeared to have risen over a small bag of flour. The Bench dismissed the case, thinking both parties were men of violent tempers, and had given cause for provocation.