MAGISTERIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2262, 24 October 1889, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

ABHB aRTON—THDRSDAY. (Before Mr O. A. Wray, R.M.) VSROOIOTTS DOG. Th mM A. WlUUmi v_b charged with b*'n- th 3 owutr of a dog trhioh attacked one U"r»ce Clark, on Septembar 4, to the da _£•"■"'' of h'slimbß — Mr Orlap apposred lor <W< dofend-nt and explained that some tim. sgo it hed been arranged that the ease .hould ba withdrawn If ih. dog were killed or otherwise disposed of, within a ■Molfied period. The dog had now been killed and be presumed the oase would be withdrawn. Tin re w.._ no oppoiltlon and the M*aglatrate allowed the tuformatlon to ba withdraw.*. - NTJISAUOB. Two ohargea against John Strlbllng of allowing offenilve matter to be split In Tanored atreel and of allowing aw. O. o atand In full view of paaaera by on T«nored ■treet, were now withdrawn on the appHoation of the Inspector, tbe defeodaut faavlog compiled with the order of tbe Oour', made a fortnight ago, to abate the nnlaanoei complained of. OAXI_.KOI.SB3, Ann Butler was obarged on fonr Informations by W. B Oompton, the Bocrough Ranger, with having allowed two o.wi and a horse to wander and SrasH In streets In the Borough on various ate.* Mr Orlap appeared for the defendant, and, after evldenoa bad been taken, urged several teohotoal objes'ions to the Borough by-law nnder woloh the ebargea were brought. The magistrate ■aid It would have been better if the informations had been hid under the Impounding Aot or the Publio Worka Act. The evidence In support of tbe oharges was Inoonoluelve, the trouble arising out of the animals being driven la rather too ' leisurely * manner to aud from tbe paddock where they were kept. The lnforBitions were dismissed, tbe magistrate •aitioniog the defendant to be more careful In future. V ALLiaiD UIEOiJ. EBBOTJi. • John Butler, a you h. was obarged on ' the Information of W. B. Oimptoo, with having illegally reso a ed two cows sezid for the parpose of being Impounded. Mr Outhbartson appeared for tbe complainant •nd Mr Orisp for the defendant. The ■rfidence showed that Spenoer Oompton, , the ion of the poundkeeper, found two ( oo ws, belonging to Mrs Batter, grszir gln Burnett street. He se'z.d the oowa, aud was prooeedfog to drive them to tbe Kund when young Butler and another y appeared on the aoene. The latter caught hold of the bridle of yonug Oomptrn'a horse aDd pulled blm out of the saddle, while young Butler took pes■esslon of tha oowa and drove them to a plaoe of safety. The defence was that the oo ws had not been out of young Butler's possession. They had got somewhat ahead of him as he stayed behind to laoe bis boot. When be saw yonng Oompton coming he and another boy ran out and took possession of the cow?. The reason tbe boy who had assisted Butler was not also obarged waa beoause the proseoutton had a difficulty ia Ideutlfylng him. They had been told tbat he bad gone to Wellington, bnt it appeared from the evidence he was still working at Butler's Hotel. Mr Crisp submitted that the Impounding Aot only gave authority to a ponndkeeper to se f z >. He oould not employ an agent for snob a purpose. The magistrate said that while a poundkeeper had a perfeot tight to employ stsistance It was almost offering an inducement to reioue to send * little boy as bad been done In this oase. It wonld hive been much better If the ponndkeeper bad been there. The evidence WfS of so lnoonolusive a nature that the Information wonld be dismissed. CIVIL 01818. Robert Clark v T. A. WUli.ms. olalm £10. Mr Oath ber tson for plat- tiff. Mr Orisp for defendant.— <The parties m this action, are resident at Tinwald, and the claim was for damages foe Injuries Icfi oted on a son of pl-lntiffa by a dog belonging to the defendant.— Evldt nee was led for the. plaintiff to show that while three children belonging to him were on tbelr way to school, and while passing the house occupied by the defendant, a dog tan out and seiz'd one of them, a boy eight years of agf, by the leg. Tbe boy's trousers were- torn, and it was alleged that tho Injuries inflicted on bis leg were so severe that be *a« laid up for more than a week, and medloal expenses were Incurred, m addition to tbe boy. father being deprived of his services In feeding folws and pigs, mllkiog a oouple of cows, eto, In answer to Mr Otlep, tbe . boy who wss bitten, admitted having, on a previous oo.ailoD, been wl h a boy who teased the dog by throwing stones at it, — For the defence It was all-ged that the dog, whioh had been a quiet one, had been greatly teased by school children throwing stones at it, The dog had given yonng CJark only a slight nip, and tbe the Injuries liflio'ed were of a very trivial nature. Defendant had paid the medloal I •zpensef. The dog had since been de- j ■troyed. — Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £1 and costs, [Left sitting.]