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ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

At the South Brisbane Police Court yester- day before Mr. G. P. M. Murray, P.M., Henry C.Wright was fined 10s. or twenty-four hours in the cells for disorderly conduct. Thomas Lee was fined £3, in default one month's im- prisonment for using obscene language. Robert White was summoned by T. B. Bruckshaw for assault. He was fined Is., in default twelve hours'imprisonment. Harriet Storry summoned Albert Sterry for assault, and he was fined £2, in default one month's imprisonment.

When the name of tho man Wm. Vesporman, who had been remanded on a charge of dis- orderly conduot, was called at the Police Court yesterday, his wife, holding a piece of paper in her hand, rushed into court saying, " Mr. Pinnock, mine husbandt vas very sick.' This defendant, it will be remembered, was remanded owing to the death of his child, which ocourred since his arrest. Under the circumstances tüe bench discharged him.

William Henry appeared > at the Polioe Court yesterday moining, on remand, in answer to the charge of having, on the 13th instant, mado use of obsceno language within the hearing of persons passing in Roma-street, and also with having assaulted Kate Dvvyer. Sub inspector O'Driscoll prosecuted. -Mrs. Dwyer, who appeared with a young infant in her arms, stated in evidence that the accused came into thewoom where she was preparing dinner on the forenoon of the dato mentioned. He leant his head on the table and began talking to her. Sho told him to go away aud not annoy her and invited him to come when her husband was at home. Tho accused then became excited and called her '

lot of bad names," at the same timo using obscene expressions. He also said to her, " Your husband is in gaol. You would not put me away nor any one belonging to you." The witness then made a movement*T go for a policeman, whereupon the accused struck her on the side of the neck, knocking her over a rocking-chair. Her sister-in-law ran to her assistance, and while she was helping her up Henry knocked her down again. This timo she fell over a bag of cabbages. Tho accused then placed his knee upon her back, and assumed an attitude as though he intended to kick her. Henrys-then endeavoured to make his escape from ^ the room, but ' the two women held him until Constable Currie came upon the scene and arrested him. The complainant also described the effect

of the nssault. The sister-in-law, Mrs. I Godfrey, corroborated her statement. The defendant declined to give evidence, but made a statement to the effect that in his opinion the charge had been brought against him out of spite arising from the Dwyer Houston assault case. Mr. Pinnock said that

v&s no excuso, and that it was a most cowardly j thing to strike a woman. It was a very fortu- j

nato thing for him that tho assault had not been accompanied by more serious circum- stances. For the obscene language he fiiietl lum £2 or forty-eight hours' imprisonment, and for the assault he was sentenced to two months' impiisonment with hard labour, without" the option of a line. # *|&

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