CHRISTCHURCH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5171, 28 November 1884, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

This Day. (Before J. Ollivier, Esq., R.M., F. Guinness, > and R. Westenra, Esqs.) •, Dbtj*sksnneßß. — Patrick Sheridan was i -fined £2 for having been drunk in charge i of a horse and cart on the Lincoln road, < and also for having made use of obscene < Janguage at the same time. He was also 1

ordered to pay 5s expenses of a witness.— Jane Hooper, alios Ritchie, was fined 10s ior drunkenness. Assault. — Hugh Long was charged with assaulting R. Dunn at the City Hotel on Nov. 15. The case had been adjourned for the production of a witness who had seen the affair. Mr Kippenberger appeared for the defendant. The caso was gone into j de novo, as it had not beon previously heard j before Mr Ollivier. The mallet and chisel ! found behind the bar where Dunn was j employed were again produced by the police. Joseph Martin Gilchrist, the wit- ( ness who had been summoned from WaiI mate, said he wa3 in the hotel at the time '' of the disturbance. , He did not sco much i of it, but he caught sight of defendant ' with an upraised weapon in his hand j j immediately after witness saw Dunn J bleeding at the head. Cross-examined : ; The object witness saw in defendant's : hand was not a mallet, but more like the 1 chisel produced. Heard defendant call for ; Mr Sheppard before the weapon was raised. ' Detective O'Connor and Mr R. C. Brown, head wardsman at the Hospital, repeated their former evidence. Defendant stated that Dunn came to his bar, the public bar of the hotel, about 4 p.m. on Nov. 15, and said, " That's where you are you rogue." He then threw the tumbler produced at defendant; it struck defendant on the chest. Looked for Mr Sheppard but could ; not find him. Dunn went away but came back, and tried to push his way inside : the bar, and defendant hit him on the head with the mallet. Some few days before Dunn had struck defendant twice in the face in Matson's saleyards without provocation. The Bench imposed a fine of -Eo, including ■ witnesses* expenses. The Bench allowed a j week to pay the fine, in consideration cf ! defendant's distressed circumstances; the ' witness Gilchrist's expenses to be paid at once. Application fob Pbotection Ordeb. — Elizabeth Wigg applied for an order protecting her earnings from her husband, .E. J. Wigg. Mr Raphael appeared for j complainant, and Mr Stringer for defen- | dant. Complainant alleged that her ■ husband ill-used her ; but it appeared that the woman had been unfor- , tun'ately addicted to drink, and had | misconducted herself. Defendant said he . had not used any more force than was | necessary to take liis wife home and restrain j her from going in evil ways. The Bench declined to make the order, and advised ' Mrs Wigg to go and live with her husband, I who had regard for her .good, notwithstanding her failings.