A NEIGHBORS' QUARREL.
j PER UNITr.D PUEKS ASSOCIATION ! TIMARV, March 15. | Some hard swearing was heard in the case dealt with by two justices this morning, when Patrick Gormley charged three brothers named Chisholm with assaulting him at Sutherland's, causing rupture, and fracture of a rib. besides numerous minor injuries. Complainant's story was that one of the defendants drove some of his cattle on to a neighbor's property, and then called the latter's attention to them. The two drove ihem off to the pound. Gormley rescued the stock, but when Bearing home was attacked by defendants with a stock whip, a heavy stick and stones. His evidence was corroborated by his son. and medical testimony. Defendants, however, gave an absolute denial to the charge o! assault, and the case was dismissed.
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Mataura Ensign, 16 March 1909, Page 4
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131A NEIGHBORS' QUARREL. Mataura Ensign, 16 March 1909, Page 4
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