SUPREME COURT.—This Day.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1698, 28 July 1875, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.—This Day.

IN BANCO.

/■b e f or e His Honor Mr Justice Gillies.) IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS V. HAKKEK AND others. Mr H Hi Ltisk, who, On behalf of the Commksioners, was to day to have opened the appeal in this case asked for au adjournment The counsel on the other side, Mr Two&kfieldi had only been supplied with the pa?Scffi yefcterdly, and neither of them upon the He diSed, all parties should be prepared. HewM.leairiiig ©r Nelson tins day week, S3 cbuid not say how long he should be away His Honor then remarked upon the defective information on the question at issue contained in the statement of the case for aooeal He noticed several omissions^ wn.cn ffthe" case were adj »ui;aed, had better be supplied, in tne interval, or they would be fatal to the appeal. Mr Lusk bUg^esied a special sitting mignt be held for the case to be heard His Honor did not think the case ot sufficient importance to warrant a tpecial sitting of the Court being held. His Honor said he would make an order for the info motion to be amended by the Magistrate, and then the case would have to remain over> and if possible he would eit next Baned day. , r iir Lusk s&id he would try and get the Magistrate to amend the information before next Wednesday. Before the Courb rose, his Honor said it would be as well if counsel would_ impress upon Magistrates the necessity of being more explicit in makitig out tHeir cases of appeal. In alirioSt every instance that had come before him the informations had been defective.