SURETY FOR PEACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19511, 15 December 1926, Page 17

SURETY FOR PEACE.

UNDERTAKING BY FARMER. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Tuesday. In the Hamilton Supreme Court, Herbert Gothorpe, farmer, of Rototuna, was asked to show cause why the bond of £IOO imposed upon him to keep the peace should not be forfeited to the Court. The case arose out of breaches of the peace which had been occasioned by Gothorpe toward a neighbour named Proctor. Mr. N. Johnson mentioned that since the bond was imposed Gothorpe had been convicted on several occasions of similar offences. He. had to pay about £4O in fines and expenses and now apparently realised the gravity of his conduct. Mr. W. J. King, representing Gothorpe, said his client had now signed an undertaking admitting the error of his ways and undertaking not to molest, insult or interfere with Proctor in any way in future. In view of this, continued Mr. King, he understood that Mr. Johnson was willing that the application should be adjourned sine die, to be brought on again at three days' notice in the event of the undertaking being broken. His Honor agreed to this course, remarking that if Gothorpe did not behave himself he would forfeit this money.