RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 147, 3 September 1872, Page 6

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

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(Before E. 11. Careio, Esq., R.M.; and M. Fraer, Esq. ,J.P.) J. Halliday v. Epwaru Uobinrw.—Claim, £l4, cash lent. The defendant did not appear. The plaintiff proved delivery of the summons at defendant's last known place of abode ; and the Bench gave judgment for amount claimed, together with ltis. costs. Owen Pierce v. Frank Foote.— Claim, £5 4s. 10d. for meat supplied. The defendant was not in attendance. In this case, it appeared that the law had not been complied with as regarded the service of summons, and a fresh summons was ordered to issue free of cost.

It. Manson v. Cavanagh.—Claim, £1 10s. for goods supplied. Defendant did not appear. The Resident Magistrate found, on making inquiry, that in this case also the summons had not been properly served, and as the irregularity occurred through no fault of the o;ticers of the Court, the Bench hart no alternative but to strike out the case. The plaintiff could, however, obtain a fresh summons on payment of the usual fee.

Slaughteriioc.se License. —The application of James Dawkins (renewal) was granted. Sherlock v. ,\!anson t .—ln this case, (which arose out of a misunderstanding about a goldbuying transaction,) the amount claimed had been paid into Court, but it appeared that no notice to that effect had been given to the plaintiff, who had incurred certain expenses in consequence. Mr Allanby applied to the Bench to allow the day's expenses to his client (the plaintill") in conformity with the 44th section of the Resident Magistrates' Courts Act.—The Bench, after hearing the parties on oath, said they considered the plaintiff had had some difficulty in getting the money, but that he had been rather

sharp in summoning the defendant. The plumtiff would be allowed a guinea for his solicitor's fee.