Franz Annis was charged by August Orlowski with assaulting Fannie Orlawski at Waihola on March 25 - Mr. D. Reid appeared for plaintiff - Defendant pleaded not guilty. - Mr. reid said that defendant was a brother of complainant's wife, who was the woman assaulted. August Orlawski had accused defendant's son of stealing some rabbits. His wife met defendant's son and accused him of spreading reports against her husband. Mrs. Orlawski became incensed at this, and went away. Annis then came and caught the woman by the head and assaulted her - Fannie Orlawski remembered the boy John Annis passing her door on the 25th March. He said her husband had stolen rabbits out of his traps. Old Annis came along shortly afterwards and pulled her by the hair to the ground. She had no words with the old man at all - Annie Orlawski, daughter of complainant, stated that on 25th March young Annis said her father had taken some rabbits from his traps. Old Annis then came along and hit her mother and pulled her about - Franz Annis stated that when John Annis was passing Mrs. Orlawski pushed him along and threatened to hit him. Witness then came from the stack and she called him all sorts of names and threatened to split his head with a stone. She then caught him by the whiskers, and he caught her by the hair and pulled her off - John Annis, son of defendant, was going past Orlawski's when Mrs. Orlawski started swearing at him and wanted to fight him. She followed some distance from the house. His father then came from the stack, and she caught him by the whiskers - His Worship said he had decided to dismiss the case. "The Bruce Herald", 21 April 1893.

Franz Annis was charged by August Orlowski with assaulting Fannie Orlawski at Waihola on March 25 - Mr. D. Reid appeared for plaintiff - Defendant pleaded not guilty. - Mr. Reid said that defendant was a brother of complainant's wife, who was the woman assaulted. August Orlawski had accused defendant's son of stealing some rabbits. His wife met defendant's son and accused him of spreading reports against her husband. Mrs. Orlawski became incensed at this, and went away. Annis then came and caught the woman by the head and assaulted her - Fannie Orlawski remembered the boy John Annis passing her door on the 25th March. He said her husband had stolen rabbits out of his traps. Old Annis came along shortly afterwards and pulled her by the hair to the ground. She had no words with the old man at all - Annie Orlawski, daughter of complainant, stated that on 25th March young Annis said her father had taken some rabbits from his traps. Old Annis then came along and hit her mother and pulled her about - Franz Annis stated that when John Annis was passing Mrs. Orlawski pushed him along and threatened to hit him. Witness then came from the stack and she called him all sorts of names and threatened to split his head with a stone. She then caught him by the whiskers, and he caught her by the hair and pulled her off - John Annis, son of defendant, was going past Orlawski's when Mrs. Orlawski started swearing at him and wanted to fight him. She followed some distance from the house. His father then came from the stack, and she caught him by the whiskers - His Worship said he had decided to dismiss the case. "The Bruce Herald", 21 April 1893.

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M A G I S T R A T E S C O U R T

MILTON

(Before Mr. R. S. Hawkins, R. M.)

Wednesday, April 19, 1893.

CRIMINAL CASES

ASSAULT

Franz Annis was charged by August Orlowski with assaulting Fannie Orlawski at Waihola on March 25 - Mr. D. Reid appeared for plaintiff - Defendant pleaded not guilty. - Mr. reid said that defendant was a brother of complainant's wife, who was the woman assaulted. August Orlawski had accused defendant's son of stealing some rabbits. His wife met defendant's son and accused him of spreading reports against her husband. Mrs. Orlawski became incensed at this, and went away. Annis then came and caught the woman by the head and assaulted her - Fannie Orlawski remembered the boy John Annis passing her door on the 25th March. He said her husband had stolen rabbits out of his traps. Old Annis came along shortly afterwards and pulled her by the hair to the ground. She had no words with the old man at all - Annie Orlawski, daughter of complainant, stated that on 25th March young Annis said her father had taken some rabbits from his traps. Old Annis then came along and hit her mother and pulled her about - Franz Annis stated that when John Annis was passing Mrs. Orlawski pushed him along and threatened to hit him. Witness then came from the stack and she called him all sorts of names and threatened to split his head with a stone. She then caught him by the whiskers, and he caught her by the hair and pulled her off - John Annis, son of defendant, was going past Orlawski's when Mrs. Orlawski started swearing at him and wanted to fight him. She followed some distance from the house. His father then came from the stack, and she caught him by the whiskers - His Worship said he had decided to dismiss the case. "The Bruce Herald", 21 April 1893.