RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Yesterday. (Before Mr Streford, R.M.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 6631, 2 May 1888, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Yesterday. (Before Mr Streford, R.M.)

ASSAULT AND BOBBERT, Edfuund Dor*: and Mic'iml Morgan vffta chirped wi'h 4t?sul'lag Theugc Nor'ou on the 30th ultimo, and with itenUnf? from him th* «utn of L 2 lonpno-of Thompson conducted th« W. J Waters i»id tit knew the aoaused only by tight, and hud »«»*> them «boat the* Quern's Hotel on the 30 h. H* h*d «re») ocu->od end Norton In the biok b*r fr>quo't Iy. Th* 'esr w«» c'oied about 11 p.m., and at that Urn* bo noticed the two xccuot>d and Norton laevins tbe b*r almost at tbe »a»»© time. Ho did uot B?e any of the nicu i>ft<TWarda Thomas Norton, thn prosecutor, said ha had com* from M«kikihi to Oaoi&ru, ami h«d t'tiue to eh» Quosn't H*?el, Ho h«d L 2 13) ou him «th«<n he went io 'ha Qu en's rlotel, wliera b« ratoticed (ill 11 <^t nbht. During th* sreniug Dora wpu^ed to fijgbt for » ««ui of mo oy, bu>, ho refuted. Dora told wit* ur FBH F 8H that ho Imd no mosey, and proiecutnc pull out tko two uo'.ks nu<i showed th«n» t* him Afterwards Dors «sked pro9<ontsr to go down onto *U« be*oh, rttid ha oikod bim irb h« ff»3 goiog down thoro for, &ty' "D >td than atsrtsd Dcoim-jriiu; him. Thin *•>■ that he h«d gone drtwn tti« rond ni{hD>ra about ilx chains Pros^oa or rMi b»ok to the hotel, vther--, 1 two nieu got hold of him, And 000 of them put his band it)>n hie pocket »nd turned it ou'eide in. He e»lied oot that ho »vS3 rohbad. Dore had bold of bint, Mid unot'itir man pus hU bsad iu'o hit (jocko 1 , and took th« moniy out. He did 1101 kaovf it ho th« m;a wai that put his '■.'and ioto hits pocknt. Dore htmtavrsd hifij &jm\«, Add h« ruansmd to pat him down mid ran army. Tho other two men trho had bold of hf» went awiy tow&rdi t }<; baKe^. After D>ro left him he found hia pooLuta ouiitdo in. To tho sqousgd Dora : Ho did not strike him n're', but did kiok him when d wn, Wil'lom B'tok csH ho h*d bo»n io thi Q lesn'g Hoiel on Moid y n'ght op till 11 «'cUiok. Morf*n, Dort, nnd Norton ».ftr« there. Tbo two «e«uB9d, Frsok Wsksrs »nd tnether jn»n w«ot »w*y tov/trcU thg g«Q works. Afar lflariog the '10-.tl wi'.neaa want up tbe «'rcet, and then 04Q38 b-sck (owardi th« Qioao'e Hjtol, ••' h«ro h< mw the thro* men. D >ra wtnted >o Ocb: No'toß, bui th* Utter ranted to \iht Rwny, The ■»»>»» h«d s «euffi«, aad prossouior fell. Myrg4n piokid aim up, ouldtn? him nc»r the <roei3rs pockt's, »nd Kom»ttila< «iropp«<i on the ground, Morgan pi ksd it up, aad dttippenred. D ire a««J N<n"<m th«» bad » utru^gle, aad N >rtnn [jut D iro down =nd r*n away. Frank Waters mill he wat i > company vrith tho proilioa^o^ and the accrued on Moudty n\z \% H« «aw th* ecufflj, aud hic*^d -h* f«ll of cn< noy. H«a»w ilorgaa pck it up. M rgan (hen left. Cnntoblj! Liwm aaid he arrettod the two ticcai'd in C. Ky»rn»' boardingbouie «t 5 u'el ok in th« inuruina;. He starched ihfin both iv tho hou»e. He found no won^y on Dor*», bat there wo« 1? on Alor<au. Wb»o charged wlh the rebbery Dora s*U he knew notbin; about is, but Morg&n would make bo reply. The accused were then committed to tcke their <ih\ at the next aittiog of Ifao Supromo C^urt at Oamaru iv September nex f . Biil nai Rllowad in LlOO each, and two sureties of L5O euo'n.