RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 268, 17 November 1874, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Friday, November 13 } 1874, (Before. W\ Lawrence Esq., R.M.) ■ DtsonoKftLY conSttct. Police t>. Kidd.-tt'>be# Kidd was charwd with having, on the_ evening of the f>th instant allowed disorderly>c6ndnct in hit licensed house' the Cromwell Hotel. / foot ' Mr Johnston appefcra,} for defendant. °' Sergeant Cassels stilted the case. On tlio evening mentioned he yas in the billiard-room of the hotel. A dispute arose between the players and the mirkens to the scores, and the disputants (boys) madeuse of some very rough language. Mr Kidd ws there, and at the sergeant s request he echoed the boys The langrtaice continuing howeer, the sergeant again oomplame 1 to Mr "Kidd who refused to inter* fere, not considering tholanguage anything extraordinary, i. i ° In cross-examination, th'eergeant said evidently Mr Kidd did not conside.the lan»nia<re in any <vay disorderly._ Mr Kid. had been a licensee for eight years in < roniwil, an d he had never had a case against him befre. Mr Johnston having bei heard for the defendant, The Magistrate, in givintjudgment, said the hergeant had done no moi than his duty in bringing the case. He lo ed upon ifc £ a challenge by Kidd to the Secant on the quesi tlon °t whether such langeag<v ol , ]d be in a public-house. Had it not bet that Mr Kiddhad hitherto conducted his house, respectably, he would have inflicted a heaviefine • but even a light one was sufficient to sho\fc o Mr Kidd that such language In his house y s no t to be allowed. Fined Is and costs. CIVIL CASKS. Lindsay v. La Fontaine.— Oki, t2O 8s 6d Mr Johnston for plaintiff; UtYih m for de* fend ant. The defendant admitted all theteros in plain tiffs account except one for L2 1\ and ni a. set-Off for L? Is. Evidence was gone into, and (verdict wa9 given, allowing L.3 10s of the set-o a ,„i e i v jn rf judgment for Lindsay for the balancLlo* 18s 6o?' with professional costs, LI Is. * KE HEARING* \ La Fontaine v. M'Leod.-The ai icat i on of the defendant for a re-hearing in tl case was granted, on rm,«tnnnt if L2 2sf'cists ft wag arranged to go on with the hearing ntjee Mr Wilson for plaintiff' Mr Johns f or ,j e . fendanfc. Plaintiffs evidence having been li rd , r Johnston, in opening defendant's Mstbad to submit that a nonsuit must be reeordec,Tj nder thf of r*>* ?rtn*V> s.nl© to the amount nf FJO or Upwards cnultC held good, if writing did nit pass on +he subjjj ( nn , lass either part of the goods aere»rl were delivered, oi' earnest money were \\ the time of sale. In all the evidence of pi tiff" there was nothing to show that this had boon taken out of the Statute. Mr Wilson admitted his inability to ge.. Pr this poinb ; and a nonsuit was accord]., granted. * | SL UTOHTRTUXO. LTGKNBR, : Archibald Ritchie, Doctor's Flat: grantee