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John Harding's (1881-1963) Scrapbook
Page 18
Undated
NEWTON-STEWART
ASSAULT AND BREACH OF THE PEACE

At a J.P. Court held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, Captain Dalrymple Hay, Walter McEwan. Esq, and Campbell Boyd, Esq., on the bench—Edward McCormick and George Clark, vagrants, were charged with assault and breach of the peace, also with using violent and abusive language on Saturday. at Corvesil, the residence of George Gifford. Esq., J.P. They each pled guilty, and after Mr Gifford had made a statement of the case, panels were sentenced— Clark. 28 days, and McCormick, 21 days imprisonment.

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