J. Baroy, a private marine, belonging to the Thistle gun-vessel, was brought up by the French Police, charged with assaulting a Chinese constable in the service of the French Municipality, on Tuesday evening Complainant, through Heding, the Consular interpreter, deposed that he saw the prisoner in the street, loitering about, and afterwards chasing a Chinaman and striking at him. Complainant told him he should not do so, when he struck him on the head, cheek, and shoulders. A Chinese shopkeeper close by, came out, ran for a foreign policeman, and the prisoner was arrested.
The shopkeeper alluded to was called, and confirmed the above testimony.
The prisoner, in defence, the statements made were not correct. He was not drunk. As he was passing along the street, he saw several Chinamen sitting round a small table at a door, drinking. stopped to Took at them, and they asked him to drink. Ho did 0, and afterwards took the jug into the house to got it filled to return their treat, when the Chineto constable came to him, ordered him out of the house, took hold of him by the collar, and pushed and struck hi Tt was true ho struck out back again, but it was only in self-defence, and not violently.
His Worsitr said:—I do not think the Chi-novo constable would have interfered if he had not seen just cause, To assault a poli man on duty is a very serious affair. They must be protested, and the only thing ican do is to send you to prison for three days, Assault on board Ship.
R. McKiwox, a fireman of the steamer Diomed, appeared to two summonses, for assaulting Mr. H. Harbord, chief engineer of that steamer, and Thomas Johnston, a man of colour, a fireman on board.
Defendant, whose conduct was described as violent in the extreme, called two witnesses to disprove the charges, but they failed to convince his Worship of the defendant's innocence, and ho was accordingly fined $5, or in default of payment, to be imprisoned until the ship sailed on Friday.
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