Petty Sessions: Assault: Elizabeth Godbeer, of Chudleigh, was summoned by Jas. Godbeer, of Torquay, for an assault committed at the former place, on the 12th inst. Complainant has property at Chudleigh, and was there on the day in question. Defendant, her husband, and sister were standing in the pathway. Defendant came towards him and using foul expressions, struck him with a lock in the face: Had said nothing to her previously. Abraham Pinsent gave corroborative evidence. Defendant denied it. The parties are brother and sister; the quarrel arose out of a little disputed right of property. Case dismissed — no jurisdiction. Mr. Carter, for the complainant, applied for a case for the court above, but it was not granted.
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GRO0001 Bristol: Abraham Pinson: 1787 – 1871