RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 156, 5 November 1872, Page 6

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Wednesday October 30. (Before J. D. Lake, Esq., J. P.) "Drunkenness.—A person charged with tlii '''. offence was fined 55., with the alternative of { hours in the lock-up. Thursday, October 31. (Before E. 11. Came, Kit/., R.M., ami J. Cm> &q.,J.R) k A Frivolous Complaint. -Suit T)i was calls to answer to a charge of assault preferred a»;»id him by Chin Chok ; but the defendant failed | appear, and the Court proceeded to hear tai case ex parte. Chin Oliok, the plaintiff, on beinj i asked how he would be sworn, replied "On ft L Bible ;" and the oath having been administers! )c he made the following statement:—l am a mil 2, ing speculator, residing at Cromwell. On So ec day, the 27th, I went to Rannookbufn to see ni water-race. As I was passing a house belong to Ah Chin, I saw some of mv countrymen insiil . gambling. I did not know the people. I steppe j inside the door, and said to them, " No use gag Wing on a Sunday." They told me that was no n my business, and that I was not a policemis e i Ah Chin took hold of me and put me out, tell™, y me to hook it. In so doing lie caught me by tit m waistcoat, and broke my Albert chain. Tiw ; il lie used bad language towards me. .Suit Di m ™ there, and assisted to put mo out. —On beii 5 asked why he had not also summoned Ah ('ln a ) witness said he would have done so, only lie hi [ good reason to believe Air Chin would hat! [ C left the district and got out of the way ; and Jn follow him up would have involved the complaint. ant in fruitless expense.—The Bench consideicK the complainant had got just what he deservellj ] it was a piece of impertinence for him tons into another person's house in the way he !>«s done. Case dismissed. iW John Pkrriam v. John Muir.—Claim, MP upon an I 0 U. Defendant did not appaHj Plaintiff proved personal service of summons M, defendant at Carrickton, and produced tliedcaß. meiit sued upon in proof of his claim. JuiMj ment for full amount, together with 10s. caißfa of Court. Ruti Temporary License.—R. Kidd applied fomnljl! obtained i>ermission to keep the Cromwell Holeflp open on the night of the Odd-Fellow's ball((Fret* et day, Sob inst). Wi