RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 982, 29 June 1883, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

ASHBURTON.— To-pay. . ‘ Before Joseph Beswick, Esq., : Breach or Bobouqh Bruce was fiqed 20s ; G. Henningp ana M. Millar each ss, for breacbpf of the Borough by-laws. A. Ildwaon. , : «a charged with breaking in a horse in . the public street, ■ Mr Hewson went ihtowie hok'iand swore that the horse he «u

~drbHng had beenbroken in, and was no ip. any way dangerous if a. man acquainted , . : was driving.—The Bench dis ,* missed the cose, but warned defendant t« careful in future. —Sergeant Feltoi said, he had only brought the case as i 1 warning as there had been complaints oJ . .hones having been broken iq in the neigh- . , bprhood of the school. ~ £ ‘ Cbobltt to Ahim ai& —rfienry O’Oonnot (who,admitted the offence) was fined 20s ‘ faff-having allowed horse to remain tied ~np.from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. without food or V,,*' . j Obscene and Insulting Lan- ; -f-Frank Gribbin was charged with '/Jjmnng used obscene language in a public .contrary to the Borough by-laws. -‘.After evidence having been taken, Mr .;%aqsQn, vho appeared, for the defence; Mid- the. by-law applied to public places and not, toi what might occur- in a hqusai. The-charge foil using insulting ‘ iapguagft -was* thenjjgpne into, and tho Beqch said t that both had been, proved, ' thq defendant would be fined 20s in each e charged with having, kept hid jicgpsqd. house open for the sale of liquord within, prohibited hours. -rMr Crisp, oe| of ,t,he,,defendant, pleaded guilty, .Mating that two residents of thetown had brought a gentleman to the and they had something to drink a short time) after prohibited hours.—The Bench said < that a substantia] fine must be inflicted in ‘'these cases'.. Defendant would be fined and.the license endorsed. orVJL, CASKS. ; ! •Checker j. JJden.— Claim, L 8 la, fori ■WorWbnquudar a thraahiqg contract,-r-i jMr', Wilding appeared ior . the plaintiff,*andL hfei Crisp, for the, defence. —After 1 jsyidbaae had been taken, judgment was 'given for the full amount .claimed, with! *. I . 'Tate ’v., Leumn.—Claim, Ll 5 11s. for . apP^red-H ’■ jfifitwtifr !l;j and. Orjsp for def qndan trr-i qase f had been. adjourned from last] _ the application of Mr .Crisp, toj to put,, in, a sett-off. f Mr Wilding /now" objected tothe set-off, as the,'service „of .the sunynqns, was made! upon defendant's wife,, acbording tq in-’ structions previdusly. giv6n vtp .the bailiffj by defendant, .'ithe bailiff gave corroboratory evidence of this,, and the Bench; allowed Mr Wilding’s objection. The: - plaintiff ''gave evidence : aa, to a contract entered mlb with -the defendant fori euttlb'g -chaff. The -pried arranged| was | for 16s and 14s for cash, and 18a and'l6s ifthe’Sccount was allowed to run. Two other-witnesses called for'the plain-., ■ta;« to the arrangement 1 that hSdT been j ■' made.'—Janies 1 Lemon 1 , the’ 1 defendant, I tbe-plaintiff had' promised to come-'to cdt the chaff two months before! hß'ieanie/and the delay had ‘ caused loss was'given for the I claiUied with costs. ti Oppfct AshbnrtonJßqad B6&rd v. Hanipton.claim ofL7l3a, -{dr, Tates due.—Mr .Wilding <' ' plaintiff, and’ , MrOtisp { fo* l - defefadaht. Cyril - Jepbied’Vras csdled to that notices < had b4ett’ served On defendant, who asked = ' witUeas to.defer suing him.—-For the deMr' fhisp argued that the Road. Board Should 'have shown 'that they Had ' authority to'levy the rates, and this was Met shown by the evidence.—Judgment 1 'WES giVenfor f he’full'amount with costs.