POLICE COURT.-MONDAY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 900, 2 October 1866, Page 5

POLICE COURT.-MONDAY.

j (Before Thomas Biekham, h'.M.) ASSAULT. CUItIOVS CASIh Soliert Urou-ii, a very l-espeetaWo-looldno-person, \vas dialled with having on the evt'riin"' ot tiie'l2th ult., poinmittcd n violent assault upon vs. Georpana Doran, so as to confine Her to bed for several days. ~r ^r ' Brookfleld (or the complainant, Mr. »> vim tor the defence. Georpana Doran, sworn, slated: I am the vitc of John I 'oran, residing at Parnell. I have known the defendant some time; he is a storcixepti ! 't Parneli. On the evening of tue lLth September defendant was at mv house between <; and 7 o'clock ; my husband had been gone out about twenty minutes ; defendant came m the i'roiit door without knocking ; lie bad a bottle of beer with him, and I asked him what he wanted there ; he said he brought me some to treat me with ; I replied that I did not want it, for my husband would be angrvifhc saw drink in the house ; I told hini -we bad not a corkscrew in tlie house : the front door was closed by Iho defendant. I got the defendant a Kmle and two cups when lie opened the bottle ol beer, and sat down in a chair with its back to l ie parlour door. He broke the bottle and spilt the beer. Seeing he had cut his hand X went into tlie bedroom to get. a towel. As I was wiping the iloor he took me up in his arms, sat me on his knee and kissed me : lie hugged me Jiinl kissed me several times. [This part of the evidence is unlit for publication]. He raised my dress and tore ray clothes whilst. I struggled hard to get away ; lie pulled me back several times. At last j got away from him and ran out. of the house ; 1" went to Mr. Thos. Brown's house : being very unwell I was obliged to stoo at his- house (hat day. I hare not been able to bn- nils information before because I ban; been coiihneil to my bed and under medical treatment. Jhe floor o! my room was covered with broken glass and blood.

Cross-examined by Mr. Wvnn : Dr. Goldsbro' _ ts my medical man. Jfe is not here to-day ;he . iisitedme twice. J might have gone to (he i baker's for the bread the third dav after the . assault. I hurt, myself by falling down when T ran away. .! did drink some o/'tJie beer, but J cannot say whether it was good beer or not, for 1 was too frightened to tell. I could not get ; away from him when I went to fetch the cups. . I told my husband about tho affair in an hour , or so afterwards. I laid this information a fort- ! night alterwards ; I could not come before as I was m an unlit, state and could not get so great a distance. .Dr. Goldsbro' last visited me about tour days after the assault. Tho unpleasant sensation of being pulled about in such a manner made me very nervous and ill for several days. My husband went on the evening of the assault to search for the defendant. JS ; extday lie went and got Jega) advice. 1 Jnicw defendant wanted the knife to open the bot.ile. By Mr. Brooldield : Jt was against my wish that I drank any of the beer. By 3 Lis Worship : I struggled hard to get off his knee when he hugged me. While all this uas going on I did not call out for assistmice. .1. could not leave the house when be iirst came in, and I did not go until T found an opportunity to do so. There are two doors to the house, and I could have gone out at the back, but .[ did not, think ho was going to take sueU liberties. I ou\y usked bun to let me <m when lie took me on his knees and kissed me : I did not think it was necessary to call out for the neighbours, .befendant was not sober. Ido not know whelher I drank the beer before or alter he put me on his knee; .1 think I drank it belore that. I could not get out of the room because he was against the door; I squeezed through to get to the bedroom for a towel to wipe up the beer. Mr. Brooldield here remarked. " That with all due respect he thought the bench was overstepping his jurisdiction." Thomas Brown, deposed:—Tama dairvman residing at Parnell. L live about live hundred yards from the prosecutrix ; on the evening of ihe lith ult.. she came to my house in an excited state and complained to Mrs. Khennan, who lives there, that she had been assaulted. I went to complainant's house immediately ; defendant was on the road about 100 yards from the house. The sitting room was much disordered, a broken bottle on the table, and a lot of glass oil the Iloor. Cross-examined by Mr. Wynn : The bottle was broken oil'at the neck with a piece of the shoulder. There was a lot of beer spilt on the floor and table. Dorau came to my house that night and took his wile awav. 1 saw Doran at the Alexandra Hotel nt 8 o'clock t lint evening. This was tho case for the complainant. Mr. Wynn as counsel for the defence, addressed the bench at some length, the main feature of which was that tho ease had been got up with a view to extort money, and touching upon tho great discrepancies made b}' the prosecutrix in her evidence. He thought both parties were to blame, one being as bad as tho other. i Lis Worship inflicted a penalty of £5 (to include the costs) on the defendant, or the alternative of two months' imprisonment with hard labour. MAINTAIXIKG A COMMON Ii.WDIiY. .1! ichard Parsons, Mary Parsons, and Sarah 1 Smith were called upon to answer the abovci charge, but did not appear, and tho service of tho summons having been proved, warrants were ordered to be issued for their apprehension. Jane Fallon, through her counsel Mr. Wynn, pleaded guilty to a similar charge, and stated that her husband was willing to fake hor back home again and enter into a bond for her good behaviour, if the ease was not pressed. Mr. Commissioner Naughton being satisfied with this, the husband was ordered to enter in a bond for £50 for her good behaviour for six months. Defendant was dismissed with a caution.