POLICE COURT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 2452, 7 October 1876, Page 2

POLICE COURT.

Thursday, October s.— Before H. }yreKcnny, Esq., R.M. SnooTixo at a I'brsjox wiTn a Gv>'.— A youth o»mtsl Jeboida Williaau'WMchargtd with unlawfully &n\i nitlieiously woutlJiflg 'Wilhelra Eicbstedt, with a.gim lo*ded rfth docl< thoi. Mr. Hfimincrtoo appvaredot; lie* Tiftlfi o f defendant; WilliAm F.ichkted^ A Oermau youth, st»toi : Oa Thursday, tbs .^lh tkf><eiiib«r li»sJ r deffnd.iQtarid I were *ror<iag for Mr. GillxTtatOkftto. Defendant pn>( \**jd we should no out due!* .-'iiMjjiu^. Jlc )) -,d » gun. I hid uo gun. We wi nt into a . rass .uid .xaw Miiiio duck?. l»".t they nway. Defend \nt T _|.-t v- (o *!■,« \ aWr hole atid m:o If tluTc aiu t\:i> ti.i ir. Ncn 'the water hole thcro \* u» a lo< fence. Defrp laut told me to th> c " i.;!^{ hi; Tint i ■> th« t\;iter. Dcfctid-itit «•«? <lawr, I.) the • itcr ho!'.-, aud tliuu cttuo t' i>j\ n^ii i :u;<l ..nid, ''There aro no ducks; nnd I'll nnk<> -. !uck of )ou." 1 Mid, '" no." Tht.-rc in,.; onio potat<xs thrre, m<\ ilrfcnd-jsit .-.»t - <>wa amongst them, and a^iin <\id. " I'll ?h«*> you ! for n duck." I ."aid, " no." Defend ;<!? tljen I put hi* j;nn to hi< ."shouMrr find rum< <i t in^ 1 , ! nud pulfcd the tri.-<er. H- «-- ii o >,; ft c? I ll! ynfU from me wlku Skj fi.i. f. I f> II -\ 'Aox when the gun wns f'r.'f, n-id tii-'!)!i=<- rr">n ] down my fac« and nc: 1 ;. I•i" •■! cr.i Oh, jmy Gcxl!" nnd ilcfcm!i»t <* .rv up t 1 me ' crying, andfwid, he wa^very .-o.r;..Ujil I had j not dove it on pur|Kyp, Aft<T w.i-'nir ; tho j wound*, both thn ycitbs enmc to Iron . tbc I one who had l;ccn shot g«Mng to the ?j<v ital. In cross-examination, the wounded lx>j said it was too dark at the time the gun wu t off to far exactly how defendant held it. Defendant knelt down on his right Rtw. and rc-'ti-d hi* left arm and gun oo his kft Ijn, holding tho gun in a horizontal position rhea the guv ttcntoff. Defendant pointed th- gun nt mo. I, do oot know whether he took aim. Defendant nnd I were oa good terms with each f/lliur. If was abwrt'7 o'clock "hen 1 niu sbo^, the t-nn had ?ct, and the feioon was shi iiag. I understand n little English, bnt rwt tnuefa. I uudcr«tood from whatdefcodant said tl at he was going to fire at me, I did fcot movr, be* cause I did not believe he .would fire at^ne, as we had nlwaya l>ecn good friend's. ' I not i-TO dcfeoaartt'3 hand on the trigjr^'Of whether the butt of the guv was ia front of him or by his side. Jt wss an old gun, and some wire is tied Ix-hiod the gt»rU.-»-Dr. O'Carroll g.ivo evrdencc as to the nat«;ro of the wound*. — Prisoner, iv his statement, said: Iwcntronnd the pood, and coofd not Jf-'aOy duck?. 1 tat <lo«ti, and the Gcrmao boy «aog out for me to come home to tea, and thru bo said, " You enn no shoot bo dueS?, Johc." I caid " 2s"o, yOti ctn no shoot iro dncks, Will." The gun was ou the ground then. I *troped down to pick it up with my right hand beyond tlir'giwnj, and put it o» my ehouldcr, &nd It caught in niy trou«crs p<3cket, and tftn guti went oil. — Mr. Curtis deposed that h« ioew the gun in qurvticu. It «rj an old oue, and tho trigger cn^ily went oil. ■ • ■ The cue beiug conclude^ .the defendant was committed lor trial before the District Court, on tho ~Uth instnnt. Bail for dcTcodanf» appearance » as ofTercd aud acc^pk J.