AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 421, 3 August 1880, Page 2

AKAROA RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Friday, July 30th, 1880. (Before Justin Aylmer, Esq., R.M.) CATTLE TRESPASS. The following parties were mulcted in the sum of fn-each and costs for the above oft'itic": John Lomlrigan, Goorge Kearney,

breaking in a horse in the Public streets, and the second, firing off a gun within the boundaries of the Borough, in each case accused pleaded guilty, but urged in extenuation his ignorance ot committing any offence.—Dismissed with a caution. *'' UNREGISTERED DOG. William Curry was charged with having in his possession on July 27th an unregistered dog. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Sergeant Willis deposed that defendant had a dog, and that although he had been asked several times, he had failed to produce .a-f eceipt of its being registered. Defendant stated that he had given Mr Clladwick the ,- money to get the dog registered during the time of tho late Clerk, and that he (Mr Chadwick) had done so, as would be seen by the block" in the register-book, but that the dog had been wrongly described. The name and age were right, but tbe colour wrong.

Sergeant Willis remarked that the color was tho only thing the Police had tp. ,go by... ;. ) -: ■' ' i U

John, Curry was ..called, who deposed/ ihat defendant, his brother, had not had more than 6ne' dog for a long time. , f !•' 'His Worship said that the defendant bought to be able to produce his,.receipt.; He would give him an opportunity. of, I registering the dog, if.*he cndse.-.tp:take ijt* Defendant seemed somewhat unwilling to do so, but at last said He would,,. Hia Worship then dismissed tbe case, at the same time instructing Sergoant Willis to rjring defendant up again ifshisdog waß not registered within 24 hours. , . ;

/ «i,;;.';" ,'t / Civil ■' ■ :'"Zn--/v> I *John; Beecher y John JjPferce.—Claim, £8 55..'-*., ' ;, .y. { :< t - Mr Wood on plaintiff's behalf,'applied for an adjournment, as bis power of attorney to act for Mr Beecher was not .yet to harid. j ~. .-•;.;,';'

Case adjourned for seven days. } W.; H* Wood v P. R. Ralfe.—Claim, £—" 1. , A ! "'. ;; . ;: -: ' :

Case adjourned, the ] summons hot having been personally served.