GOBING AND GOBANG.

Otago Witness, Issue 1382, 25 May 1878, Page 19

GOBING AND GOBANG.

There was an interesting case before Police Judge Wilson the other day. A man bearing the singular name of Gobang was charged with committing an assault and at the same time battering an individual answering to the remarkable patronymic, Gobing. The names having a striking similarity, the judge had some difficulty in establishing which was which, and a stupid witness to the case added considerably to the confusion. "Now, tell me," said the judge, "who was th« aggressor in this case !" Witness : "Who's he 1" Judge : " Who's who ?" Witness : "A. Gressor?" Judge: "I mean the man who struck the first blow?" Witness: "Gobiug. He hit him, Gobang 1" (smiting his fists together to show how he did it). Judge: "Did Gobang hit back?" Witness : "No, he didn't hit him in the back." Judge : " How did he hit him?" Witness; "He hit him, Gobing!" (another fistic pantomime). Judge : " Well, was that all?" Witness: "All of Gobing?" Judge: "No, all of the fight?" Witness: "With Gobang?" Judge: "I'll Gobang you if you don't answer my questions properly. You ain't so stupid as you appear. Now commence, and tell what you know about this fight, or an officer will Gobang you downstairs and lock you up." Witness: "No, with Gobang ; and the othei? fellow came up and hit " Judge : " With Gobing ?" Witness : "No, with Gobang ; and the other fellow came up and hit " Judge : "Gobang?" Witness: "No, this was Gobing that came up, and then it was, Gobing ! (fists Bmite together) and Gobang ! (another smite) first one and then the other, and then they clinched and went down, he on top." Judge: "Gobaug?" Witness :' ' No, Gobing. And then I tried to pull the other fellow off — " Judge : " Gobing ?" Witness : "No, no, Gobang. Thou the police came up, and, your honour, that isalllknowaboutit." — Cincinnati Saturday Night.