AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 392, 7 May 1880, Page 2

AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, May 4. (Before J. Ayluier, Esq., 8.M.) STEAY CATTLE. J. Le Clerc was charged by Constable M'Gorman with allowing four cows to wander at large, grazing along the side of the Main road between the hours of nine and ten o'clock on the night of April 22. Pined 5s and costs. INSULTING LANGUAGE. Annie Blore was charged with using abusive language to J. Linen. Defendant admitted the charge, but said she had been in a temper at the time and had apologised since. Fined 20s and costs. Civil Cases. The Bench here adjudicated upon the following cases, judgment of which had been reserved from Tuesday, April 27 :— A. Ilodrigues v. F. Y. Stration.—ln this case, the Bench gave judgment for defendant with costs and solicitors fee. H. M'lntoah v Bennett.—Judgment for plaintiff with costs and solicitor's fee. Matthews v jSmith.—The Bench declined to make an order, as plaintiff could receive his payment in the same way as the other creditors in defendant's estato. BEECHEB V. J. MANNING. J. Beecher, hotelkeeper, v. J. Manning, a farmer.—Claim, £9. Plaintiff, being sworn, stated that the account was a correct one ; that defendant had run two separate accounts with him, one at Bruco's hotel, and one at the Criterion ; that he had squared the former one, but that the latter was still due, and was the one for which he was now suing. He called A. Tnnes M'Gregor, who stated that he had mads out the accounts, and that to the best of his belief they were correct, and confirmed plaintiff's statement with regard to there being two separate accounts. Defendant, being sworn, stated that he was formerly groom for Mr Lee, proprietor of Cobb and Oo.'s coaches, and that during his spare hours he used to do odd jobs for Mr Beecher. He had been obliged after a time to give up working for him as he had one day sent his employer's horses away minus the right complement of shoes. That he had been paid by plaintiff at that time lur what he had done, but that afterwards, he was sorry to say, in spite of his employer he worked for Air Beecher again, and when he asked for payment, Mr Beecher told him he thought ho was ■ well paid by the nobblors he had given him, which he now saw he was charged for in the bill. He would object to those items as being contrary to the Tippling Act.

. His Worship said he would have to make a note of that. Plaintiff said that he was quite willing to forego , the amount when he found he was dealing with suck a mean thing as that, and ,that that was what he wanted to drive him to. * Judgment was given for defendant, his Worwhip remarking that in his opinion it was a very mean proceeding. SAME V. ?. ALDBIDQE. Claim, £10 0s 6d. •Plaintiff deposed that the account was all correct witli the exception of the alteration of the date of one-item. A. Innee M'Gregor deposed to the same effect. Defendant disputed the account, and said ho meant to plead the Tippling Act for the whole account. He said he had been a good tippler too long, and did not mean to tipple any longer. He had had £50 in the Bank not long ago, and had tippled it all away, and he believed plaintiff had taken the biggest part of it in bis bar. Plaintiff said he was willing to forego the amount; he only wanted just to show what two mean-spirited skunks there were in Court; he would like to see either of them enter his house again. Defendant replying somewhat warmly to this tender kind of address, his Worship immediately silenced him. Judgment was given for defendant. The Court then adjourned.