HBH 1890 June 5 Court news A serious assault was committed yesterday afternoon upon Mr J MORRISON, bailiff to the Resident Magistrate's Court. Briefly it may be stated that Sergeant CAREY, who was for some time drill instructor to the Napier Volunteers, for some reason went to Mr MORRISON'S house and assaulted him with a stick, inflicting somewhat severe injuries to his head and face, the wounds having to be seen by a surgeon. CAREY was arrested and lodged in the lock-up a little time after the assault was committed. R.M. Court yesterday Mr WARDELL R.M. Mary Jane HARTLEY fined 5s and costs for drunkenness. Same defendant charged with causing a disturbance in the hall used by the Salvation Army. She went there while under the influence of liquor, and was a little too pronounced in her attempts to warble. She also partook of a pie and a trotter while in the hall, and this so annoyed the people who proclaim to drum and cornet that they love Him who pitied the Magdalen, that they gave Mary Jane HARLEY in charge. She was fined £1 and costs, the alternative being four days' hard labor, and the unpicturesque representative of the old time sinner who was "caught in the act" went to gaol.