A PECULIAR CASE.
(P3tt PRF.BS ASSOCIATION.) WBiLirGTON, June 19 Tho Bnpremo Cjurt wa« occopled yeßterday and t<;-iay with a onso of a peculiar nature. In this oee John Beck, saw-miller, Bought to recover from Reuben HI ad the sum of £500 damages. The Btatemcnt of claim Beta forth that defendant did on the 3 d February, 1838, unlawfully and maliciously sot fire to a timber yard sltuotod m Courtney place, the property of plaintiff Pinlntiff a stock-in-trade and efT-els, which ha valued at £45°0, were destroyed by fire. Hind w«s convicted of arjon, and is now uodargolng B'n'ence for the offenoo, and was sot represented m Court. Hind Is believed to have some money or property m England, and plaintiff who auUjrid greatly through the Ore, m consequence of hie mill not beiog insured, brought the action to recover the whole or a portion of saoh money or property. Judgment was given fur pUlntlff for the amount claimed aud costs
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1872, 20 June 1888, Page 3
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160A PECULIAR CASE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1872, 20 June 1888, Page 3
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