AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 263, 24 January 1879, Page 2

AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, Jan 21. (Before Justin Aylmer, Esq., R.M.) ASHWIN V. GRUB. " .'.]'''■" Claim £79 10s, for,share of boundary •fence. ■ Defendant was sued as trustee in J.Oooke's estate,'Lytteltdn. Mr H. N. Nalder appeared for the defendant. The main point relied on by defendant's counsel was the' absence of proof of notice having been given prior to the erection of the fence. : The Court adjourned the case a few hours for consideration, and on resuming gave judgment for the defendant. KEHOMA V. BROWN. Claim £3 15s, value of certain geese destroyed. ...... The evidence in this case was somewhat "mixed." Plaintiff stated that he had seen.a boy named Porter, a stepson of defendant, throwing a goose.of his into the water. He discovered that several of his geese had been killed by children in the neighborhood. In cross-examination he admitted having rendered an account to Mr Keegan for the value of the geese for for which he now sued. The case was adjourned till Tuesday, the 28th instant. The Court then adjourned.

Thursday,, Jan. 23. (Before Justin Ayfmer, Esq., R.M.) ASSAULT. John Nixon was charged with attempts ing an assault on his wife with intent to do grievous bodily harm. From the evidence of E. Leprou and West Chamberlain, it appeared that Mrs Nixon had rushed into Mr Annand's shop screaming, the defendant chasing her with a large pair of tailor's shears in his hand, apparently with the intention of doing her some injury with the weapon. Chamberlain had seized his arms when he was within about two feet of the woman, and Leprou took the shears from him, getting his fingers cut in doing so. Nixon was afterwards arrested. Accused made the unusual protestation that he was about to take the pledge, but this appeared to have lost the charm of novelty. His wife pleaded very hard for him, taking the blame of the disturbance on herself. The Bench decided to inflict the very lenient sentence of 48 hours' imprisonment, but strongly cautioned the defendant that if ever he were brought up again he would be severely dealt with. The Court then adjourned.