Don z. Weiss; Ruling, 464 E.S.

[The Aulic Court 19]

AULIC COURT OF THE KINGDOM OF HANSETI-RUSKA

 

Don z. Weiss

 

13th of Gronna and Droba, 464 E.S.

 

Jovenaars

Arthur Stafyr

 

Plaintiff

Sir Stefan af Don af Petra

 

Defense

Audo Weiss

 

Testimonies

Audo Weiss

Sir Stefan af Don af Petra

Lukas Radonavic

HG Roslin Baruch

Ser Vladimir var Ruthern

TH Baldrum Colborn

 

THE FOLLOWING CLAIMS WERE BROUGHT AGAINST THE DEFENDANT:

 

The Plaintiff brought forth civil claims against the defendant, alleging purposeful malice in an attack which damaged his right eye. He claimed dismissal from his position as a guard to the Duchess of Valwyck due to the damages and sought financial compensation from the Defendant to provide for his alleged destitution. In turn, the Defendant claimed that he had been lured into an alleyway where he had been afraid for his life, thus leading to the attack.

 

THE RATIONALE FOR THE PRESIDING JOVENAAR IS AS SUCH:

 

It seems evident that while the Plaintiff did indeed suffer ocular damage at the hands of the Defendant, the nature of the struggle is unable to be proven by either side. The Defendant claims that he was lured into an alleyway where the confrontation began, while the Plaintiff has claimed that the Defendant was unprovoked when the attack transpired.

 

We have only hearsay and the testimonies of the character witnesses brought forth by both sides to rely on. Both men carry fine, honorable reputations. Furthermore, it seems unlikely that the Defendant would purposely plan to intentionally attack the Plaintiff with a pair of shears of all things. The Defendant additionally alleged that he had been lured into the alleyway and feared for his life, a claim that went unsubstantiated but was ample enough to explain why he had inflicted the injury with a makeshift weapon upon the Plaintiff.

Thus, in the absence of sound evidence suggesting foul play on the part of the Defendant, we have decided not to order that the Defendant pay damages to the Plaintiff. This lack of hard evidence regarding the night that this transpired on the part of both the Plaintiff and the Defendant has turned this case into a classic “he-said, she said” ordeal in which neither side can prove that the other acted with harmful intent. Due to the suggestive circumstances under that which transpired, the Crown will not compel the Defendant to pay reparations to the Plaintiff, though we likewise cannot assign any blame upon the Plaintiff either for the same reason.

 

While it is regrettable that the Plaintiff’s employment was terminated as a result of his injury, it seems apparent that he will still be able to perform his trade moving forward and procure future employment for himself. There are, after all, many warriors who manage to practice their trade with only a single eye. 

 

In the meantime, Jovenaar Stafyr has volunteered to personally bequeath a sum of thirty minas to the Plaintiff, enough money to purchase bread for a total of one hundred days. Another upstanding citizen observing the trial volunteered his own sizable bread stores to the Plaintiff thereafter. This will ensure that the Plaintiff is provided for whilst he seeks new employment. 

 

Jovenaar Stafyr has called upon the Defendant to match this sum out of charity, but has also decreed that the Crown shall not compel him to do so.

 

It is so Ordered.