RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 263, 13 October 1874, Page 6

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tuesday, October 0, 1874.

(Before D. A, Jolly, Esq., J.P., and James Corse, Esq., J.P.) ■■ ;

Joseph Hughes, a waggoner, was charged with allowing his horses to wander within the bounds of the Municipality, This being the first charge of the kind, the case was dismissed, :the defen: dant being cautioned. ?v m

On a charge of leaving his waggon,;nhyoked, in a public thoroughfare, Hughes was ; fined-20s. and costs, , ■ . „•, ", '

Wednesday, October 7, 1874. (Before the same Justices .) ; • The same defendant, Joseph Hughes, was again charged with obstructing the main street, by leaving his waggon thereon, and was fined on this occasion 40s. and costs. •

Friday, October S^i!B74.' p (Before Wv Lawrence H.Sf,) RE-HEARING. ■"

Max Gall and Co. v. J. B. Cowan.—Consideration of an application for a rO-hfearihg in this case had been adjourned froin'l'ast Court-day. The amount in difference bet weed that sued for and that for which judgment was given,—eight shillings,—had now been paid into Court by defendant, and the application was therefore with: drawn. V:oV-: CIVIL CASES. Parsons v. Anderson. —No appearance; case struck out. James Taylor v. J. Barker.—Withdrawn. Alexander Cameron v. T, Gorman —The plaintiff claimed £2O, as compensation for being deprived by defendant of the usd and possession of a horse, alleged by plaintiff to he his property. Mr F. T. Wilson appeared for plaintiff. The circumstances of this case were rather mixed-up in their nature. Gorman bought the horse in dispute from Mr John Wrightson, who purchased it or got possession of it from Cameron. Wrightson originally,, some four or five years ago, lent Cameron money on the horse, and although Cameron protestedU6 further trans-' action had taken place, Wrightson produced a sale-note of it, signed by Cameron. Evidence was_ given at some length, which it would he of no interest to publish, hut the hulk of it went to shgw that Wrightson was the real owner of the animal; and the Magistrate gave a verdict accordingly for the defendant, with costs.

SLAUGHTERING LICENSES. Edward Thompson, Nevis ; granted.—Se Toi, Bannockburn: granted.