RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4128, 13 June 1874, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

(Before J. C. Crawford, Esq., R.M.) Assault.-—Lawrence McGovern was charged, on remand, with assaulting Joseph Warrington. The police stated that they had no further evidence to offer, the complainant himself not being forthcoming. A witness for the defence named Futter, stated that lie had charge of McGovern’s horses on the day the assault was committed, and had just left them for a moment, when Warrington, who was drunk, drove them away. McGovern followed him, and when he overtook the cab and attenqited to stop the horses, Warrington struck at him with the whip. His Worship was of opinion that although unnecessary violence had been used, there was undoubted provocation, and as Warrington had not himself come forward to support the charge, it would be dismissed. A Wife Beater.—James Dunn appeared, on remand, charged with brutally assaulting his wife, Sarah Ann Dunn. The case for the prosecution being incomplete, the prisoner was again remanded for a week, bail being taken in the sum of £2O.

Protection Order.—Mary Dowling, who applied for a married woman’s protection order against her husband, Thomas Dowling, stated that about five years ago her hus; band treated her so badly that she had to leave him, taking her children until lnr. He frequently threatened to “ throttle ’ ’ her, and suited the action to the word in a way that terrified her, and really made her afraid of her life. The defendant admitted that he used to drink a good deal, but that during the last two years he had renounced his bad habits, had saved £7O, and was now prepared to take his wife and three children under his protection. Mr. Buckley, who appeared for the applicant, elicited the fact that the defendant had lived until another woman since his wife left him; and upon reviewing all the facts of the case, liis Worship determined to issue the protection order, remarking at the same time that a man who left his children for a period of three years, without exhibiting any regard for their welfare, was scarcely the proper person to have charge of them. They would therefore be placed in Mrs. Dowling’s charge, tlie defendant to pay 10s. a week towards their support. Malicious Injury.—Thomas V. Crundwell appeared on remand, charged until breaking windows and doors in the Globe Hotel, Adelaide Road. Mr. Buckley prosecuted. The evidence showed that the defendant having been ejected from the premises by the bailiff of the Court, he made a forcible entry, and in doing so damaged the property considerably. Prisoner had been drinking to such an_ extent lately, that he was bordering on ddirinm (remens when the offence was committed. Under these circumstances, his Worship thought it would only be a charitable act to send him to gaol for a month, simply with the object of removing him from temptation. Sentenced accordingly. CIVIL CASES. Brogdcn Sous v. W. H, Ha-ddon.—Claim, £37 10s. upon a promissory note. Judgment recorded for .£34 lGs. 7d., and costs. *«- R. B. Nolan v. J. llansfield.-—Claim, £9 10s. 9d. Judgment for the amount, and 14s. costs. J McCleland v. Withers.—ln this case, reported in yesterday’s issue, it was incorrectly stated that judgment was given for £7 10s. The verdict was for £1 10s. 2d. The Court then adjourned.