MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—Tuesday.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 340, 14 December 1864, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— Tuesday.

; (Before George Eliott Eliott, Esq-, J.i*., Chairman, 1 and J. Sangster Macfarlane, Esq., J.P.) ' DRUNKENNESS. [ Peter Reilly and George Smitli, charged with this offence, were treated in the usual manner. 11EEACU OF TUBM'IKE ACT, 1563. . The charge of this nature preferred against Com-missary-General H. Stanley Jones, was withdrawn, ■ the defendant to pay all costs. ASSAUiT. Annie Duggan stood charged with having com- ' mitted an assault upon Eliia Whitney, by striking her on the head with her fiat, on Tuesday last. Mr. Merriman, who appeared for the informant, ! requested that another information of using r threatening language towards Ann Clark, one of thu • ■witnesses in this matter might be made out, in order . that both cases might be proceeded with at oncc. • The accused pleaded guilty. Mr. Merriman put thu following witnesses into the box, in order to provo tho aggravated nature of the , assault. [ Eliza Whitney, deposed: I am. wife of Jatues Whitney, of the 14th Kegiment. The defendant lives next door to me. On Tuesday last I went into Mrs. Clarke's house. The defendant is living in the same houso. I wislied to send Mrs. Clarke's child for f some meat. The defendant was in the act ot burning Mrs. Clarke with a hot iron when I went in. I remonstrated with the defendant. I caught hold of her dres.', endeavouring to keep her from t committing the assault upon Sirs. Clarke. Tho defendant ordered nie out of the house, and on my refusing to go, 6he took mo by tho shoulders, and as I was leaving, struck me on the head with her hand. Bridget Chirke : X am the wife of James Clarke, of •40th .Regiment. On Tuesday last I was living m * : the same house with the prisoner. I recollect Jurf. ' Whitney coming to my house on that day to send ' my child for some meat. The accused had a hot iron in her hand to burn me, when Mrs. Whitney 83teu • me. The complainant used no more violence tlia-a • was necessary to save mc. The accused turned tno • complainant out of the room, and struck her on tho ■ face. , By the accused : I was very weak and feeble oiynf bed under the doctor's care, when you attenjtJd use the hot iron against m 0..• ____ j. T ► The accused called Eliza/'Duffy, who deposed. live in the same house as Mrs. Duggun. On Tuesday last Mrs. Clarke had a kettle on the lire, and the baby was roaring, and then Mrs. Dugguu order Mrs. Clarke out. This ia all I know about quarrel. , . . ,i„, Mr. Me v.man pressed the Bench to pu , accused in a substantial manner, in order op down theso squabbles among women. . , Tho Couri ordered tho accused t-> pay a fine 0 and costs, or a week's imprisonment.