RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Friday.

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 197, 26 August 1870, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Friday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.] Undefended Cases, judgment for fiaintiffs.

Marquis of Hastings Gold Mining Company v. J. D. Ruddenklaw, 10s., calls ; North Island Gold Mining Company v. Alfred H. Hickson, £10, calls; E. Porter and Co. v. Stuart O'Brien, £3 10s. 3dj, goods; H. H Lusk v. Nevelle and Thornton, £10 7s. Bd., unsatisfied judgment; defendant agreed to pay at the rate of 7s. 6d. per week; Auckland Consolidated v. J. Lyell, £2 7s 6d., calls ; John Murdock v. Montezuma Gold Mining Company, £12 4s. 6d., for work and labour done ; E. Porter and Co. v. Golden Crown Extended, £19 17s. 2d., for goods supplied.

CASES ADJOURNED,

Red Queen Gold Mining Company v. Herberte Stevens, £4 Os. 6d., calls; Same v. s. R. Stevens, 15s. Bd.; William Brown v. William Walters, £1 10s. Bd.; William Adams v. Edward Dixon, 18s.; North Island Gold Mining Company v. Dornwell, £5, calls.

AUCKLAND CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING COM-

PANY V. JOSEPH BUCKLEY,

Claim, £10 Is. In this case the defendant did not appear, but Mr. Lodge, the clerk of the Court, read a letter which he had just received from him, and in which he stated that'he was resident at the Thames and could not afford to come to Auckland, that he was quite unable to raise the money to defray the necessary expenses. Mr. Sheehan asked that the Court would order the defendant to be brought up to Auckland, but Air. Beckham would" not agree to this course, saying that the Government could not be at the expense of bringing defendants to Court under such circumstances. The case would stand adjourned until Friday next. Defended Cases. north island gold mining company v. fred. hewen. £5, calls. Mr. Sheehan for the plaintiff. Mr. Wynn for the defendant. After evidence had been heard, the Court recorded a nonsuit. TRUSTEES S. H. MEYERS V. HAMLET ORAM. Claim £6 6s, for goods supplied. Air. Wynn for the plaintiff. The defence was that the goods had been paid for, and a receipt was produced signed by a person named Mercer on behalf of Mr. Meyers. Tim plaintiff (Mr. Meyers), on the other hand, alleged that he did not know Mr. Mercer, and that he never gave authority for such person to collect any accounts. Judgment was given for the plaintiff, the Court remarking that it was a bad case, and that the defendant would have his remedy against Mercer. A. M. CRAPP V. BEISSEL AND ABRAHAM. Claim £2 18s 4d, for certain pictures which it was alleged the defendant had removed from premises rented by them of the plaintiff. A nonsuit was recorded. JONES & CO. V. PERRIER AND HUTCHINSON. Claim £17 7s. 6d., for printing the Tomahawk. Mr. Wynn for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sheehan for the defence. Tho defence was that the plaintiffs themselves had broken a certain agreement, and that a cross action was pending. Mr. Sheehan consented to confess judgment for the amount if the execution were stayed and the confession abided the result of the decision when the case was heard next Court day. Mr. Wynn said he would not consent to that course unless security were given, but not otherwise. After somo discussion it was agreed that the defendants should give security during the day for the amount claimed, with costs ; that in default of their doing so, a confession of judgment should be entered the next morning, execution to issue in the usual way, and that the cross actions should be heard on their merits the next Court day. NORTH ISLAND GOLD MINING COMPANY V. CHARLES BURTON. Claim £5, for calls. Air. Sheehan for the plaintiffs, Mr. Wynn for the defendant. The defence was, that proper notice had not been given to the defendant of the call having been made. Witnesses were examined on both sides, after which the Court deferred judgment until next Court day. This concluded the business, and the Court rose shortly after one o'clock.