A shroff employed in the Taylor Garage aid that he took an account to complainant on July 28, 1925, and he said, "Come again' next month. This price is not proper." He kept the chits and said he would send a cheque to the office, Cross-examined—He called _on complainant again on July 30 and August 1 bat each time complainant fused to return the chits.
Mr. T. C. Leach, assistant manager of the garage, said he had received strict orders to secure payment of complainant's chits. letter about this matter was sent to him in America. Other cheques aid were on the general account.
Defendant, in evidence, said that, subsequent to the argument over the Dattery, complainant telephoned and nosed bad Innguage to witness. Com-_ plainant suddenly rang off and few minutes later he came rushing into the office and demanded another battery. Witness told him that the old battery had been dam-_ aged and that he owed another account, Complainant used bad language and witness then ordered him out of the office.
The Magistrate—What about the brassie Wiencss—I don't think he knows Jwhat a brassie is, He ix not the sort of man who knows golf. I picked up a small putter with "an aluminium T pushed him out of the office and he showed the yellow streak. I went back to get the putter and told him to get. off the premises or I would give him. the best thrashing of his life.
Cross-examined—I did not hit him. T knew it was against the! Jaw and J only meant to spank him put him across my knee—if he did not leave. Here are my glasses which were broken when he knock:
Ga them off my face. He resisted iswering the Magistrate, wit ess said complainant was a notoviously aggressive man. He always. had used strong language, his favourite expression being that wit ness was a "Scotch."
The Magistrate said there was no doubt the parties had been at arms" Tength. It was always difficult, when there had been an assault, to tell which was the aggressor, "if, fs in this case, there were no me dependent witnesses. He had to consider the probabilities and he thoneht that Mr, Taylor, in his excitement, probably did more than push the complainant out of the. office, The defendant, therefore, would be fined $10,
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