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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume V, Issue 667, 8 October 1891, Page 2

Another of the uniortunate series cf Court oases between Messrs Wells and Chambers, sheepfarmers, waa threshed out on Tuesday morning, before Messra Tucker and Lucas. Mr Welle had laid an information against Mr Chambers for assault. Mr Chrisp appeared for plaintiff, and Mr DeLautour for defendant. As the public has got weary of hearing of these neighbors’ troubles wo may just briefly give thefacts brought out. Mr Well? bad gone to Mr Chambers’ property, In response to notice, to see the mustering of sheep. Mr Chambers oame and ordered him away, and within a minute oaught him and threatened to put him In tba dip. Mr Chambers' evidence waa that Mr Welle had insulted him—if Wells had been a big man he would have hit him, but as he was email he had contented himself with catching bold of him and threatening to put him In the dip; Evidence was given to the effect that Mr Wells was of an aggravating disposition, but the Bench said that unleas It eould be shown he (Welle) was a trespasser Mr Chambers' was altogether in the wrong—Mr Welle, in saying he had a right to be there, wae only doing what anyone would have done in the circumstances, and he was not the aggreuot. Defendant was fined £2, with cotte, and bound over in £5O to keep the peace fol twelve months,

Mr Atkinson, M.P., left in the dining room of the House of Commone hie overooat, with bank notes amounting to £13,000 in the pookets. He forgot all about the oiroumetanoe until next day, when he made haste tc the place wherd be left hie coat hnd iotmd tisd notes intMt,