Magistrate Jan Stevenson took into account the circumstances of the charge that led Brett Ralph Reynolds, 32, a man with a blemish-free record before the court when she dismissed the matter at the Bathurst Court House.

Relieving police prosecutor, Sergeant Andrew Bobbin tendered a statement of facts outlining how the victim of the assault had been home and saw and heard a motor vehicle in his driveway on the outskirts of Kelso about 2.54pm on Tuesday, September 1 last year.

Police said Reynolds asked "are those your [expletive] cattle in that paddock?" when he pushed the assault victim's chest.

The other man had told Reynolds he had permission to put cattle in the paddock when Reynolds demanded $200 for grazing out his fodder reserve in the paddock.

The cattle owner had gone inside his house on the pretext of getting money for Reynolds, police said in the statement. But instead he had gone out the front door, climbing into a small truck to drive off.

However, police said Reynolds had run to the vehicle as the victim tried to reverse, following and yelling. As the man had driven off he had clipped the front of Reynolds' vehicle.

The statement related how both the victim and defendant, Reynolds had gone to the police station to report the incident.

Reynolds said that the cattle had eaten out fodder in the paddock and "he lost his cool."