MAGISTRATES' COURT.

Colonist, Volume XVI, Issue 1808, 10 September 1874, Page 3

MAGISTRATES' COURT.

SPEING GEOVE

[Before L. Bbqad, Esq., E.M., and Hugh Maetin, Esq., jun., J.P.]

MONDAY, September?. Krause v. Hagan. —Mr Fell appeared for the defendant. Adolphus Krause, sworn, said : I am a tanner living at Spring Grove. On the 6th of July last I was in the school-house attending a lodge of Good Templars. I filled the office of outer guard, part of my duties being to see that no one disturbed the meeting. Defendant was outside on horseback accompanied by another, and was singing out with an air of authority " open the blinds that we may look in." I stepped outside, and as soon as he saw me he backed his horse on to me, and the horses heels covered me with muck. I stepped back, or I might have been knocked down. There was a crowd outside, a lot of people making a noise. There might hare been seven or eight lads outside, some of them bigger than the defendant. The horse was three or tour feet from me. He did not strike me. Defendant made use of no bad language. Walter Forster, sworn, said : I was at the lodge that night. I was inner guard, but went outside for some water. I saw Xrause come out. Defendant turned his horse on him and made it kick at him. Stephen Leaver gave somewhat similar evidence. The case was dismissed. Lines v. Currin —Mr Pitt appeared for plaintifl, and Mr Fell for defendant. Alfred Lines, sworn, said : I am the complainant On Friday week I was going through Eichmond in a dray, when tho defendaut came to the front part of the dray and asked me what business I had to walk down the road with a young girl whose name he j mentioned. He then went round and jumped in at the back of the dray, and as he got in I got out to avoid being pulled out, and before I could recover myself he struck me several times with his fist on the head. I gave him no provocation beyond walking with the girl. Some gentleman pulled him off me. I made a hit at him when he was in the dray to keep him off. The young girl is Currin's sweetheart. I was rather familiar walking down the road with her one evening. It is true I put my arm round her waist. I did not try to kiss her. 1 have known her from childhood. Other evidence having been given to prove the assault, defendant was fined Is without costs. Palmer v. Rail and Holden. —Mr. Pitt appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Fell for defendants. John Palmer, sworn, said : I am the complainant. Hall came to my house on Saturday evening about eight o'clock, and about eleven I went into the bar. I bolted the bar door and want into the store. Hall | followed me into the dining-rcom, seized me by the I beard, drugged me out of the house, and plunged me into a tub of water. I had given him no provocation. I I afterwards went to the constable. I was sober, and | had been so*all the evening. I remember throwing a glass of water, glass and all, at Hall. I threw it to put out the light as it was time he went home. Hall dragged me out. He has done this on previous occasions. G-eorge Walker, sworn, said : I am a constable. Palmer came to my place that night about eight o'clock. His face was all over blood, his hands bloody, and his nose bleeding. He was wet all over, and his boots and pockets were full of water. John Palmer, re-called : About eleven o'clock that night I saw Holden and his wife and George Tomlinson. I asked Holden and his wife to go home. He knocked me down, and kicked me when I was down. He struck me with his fist afterwards on the nose. The bruises on my leg now shown (the leg was black from the thigh to the ancle) were caused by his kicking me. I did not throw a bucket of water over Mrs. Holden. I did not get an axe handle and strike them. George Tomlinson proved the assault by Holden. George Morgan and Mark Newth were called to prove that Palmer was sober. For the defence, Mr Fell called Albert Palmer, who, on being sworn, said : I am son of the complainant. On the Saturday evening he was not sober and was most abusive. He put out all the lights except that in the store. I saw him running about making a noise. He struck at me with a box of matches. Tomlinson is not a particular Bober man. He owes us a lot of money. He is too fond of beer. I saw my father flourishing an axe handle. He was not sober. He gets very excited when he has taken a little drink. That evnning he was particularly excited. Mrs Palmer, sworn, said : I am wife of complainant. I was in the store that evening. I remember seeing Hall following my husband through the dining-room, but did not see him drag him out. We heard a noise and ran out, and saw Palmer and Hall both in the water butt. He never interferes with Palmer. My husband took up an axe handle, but only walked about with it. Palmer always gets excited when Hall comes to the house. Charles Stratford, sworn, said : I was at Palmer's about 6 o'clock, and stayed about an hour in the bar. Palmer and myself had several glasses of ale together, and the result was that we quarrelled as usual. He was very abusive to me. T drank three glasses with Palmer. He was not sober when I was there. Defendant Hall, was fined £3 and cost, or in default to be imprisoned for fourteen days, and bound over to keep the peace for Bix months, himself in £20, and two sureties of £10 ; and Holden was fined £5 and costs, or in default one month's imprisonment. It was also decided that a copy of the evidence be sent to the Licensing Court, with the view of getting the complainant's license cancelled. Lucas and partner VrJSden. —This was an action to recover £5, the value of certain sheep alleged to have been worried by defendant's dog. Mr Fell appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr Gully for the defendant. Judgment was given for the plaintiffs for £3 6s, and costs.