RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 408, 11 February 1870, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Alexandra, Monday, Feb. 7.

(Before Vincent Pyke, Esq., R.M., and W. a. Low, Esq., J.P.)

E. Cox was charged by tho Police with being duruk and disorderly.—Fined os. J. Emers. Breach of “Town and Country Pollioe Ordinance, ” by allowing pigs to wander in the public streets.—Dismissed on payment of costs, ss. Gil.

C. Hillhouse. Similar offence.- Fined 20s. and ss. Gd. costs.

Hunter v. Scott. Claim for damages done to Plaintiff’s crop by Defendant’s pigs.— Verdict for Plaintiff 40s. and costs.

Chappie v. Beattie and Williams. Claim £34 165., amount of a dishonord Bill of Exchange. Judgment by consent and costs, fl ss.

Same v. Same. Claim L 32 10s., goods

delivered. —Judgment by consent anil costs, £1 ss.

Same v. Williams. Claim £2l, amount of a dishonored Acceptance. Judgment by consent for amount and costs, £1 ss. The Plaintiff asked that distress warrants be issued at once. Ho said ho made the application to protect himself, not that ho intended to execute them.

The Eesident Magistrate said the system that was being adopted by debtors in his Court was tantamount to sotting the law and their creditors at defiance, as immediately judgment was obtained by one creditor a declaration of insolvency was filed. He further remarked that as the law now stood a premium was offered to dishonest persons, and that with'out an alteration was made credit would bo a thing of the past.

WAKDEX’S COURT.

(Before Vincent Pyke, Esq., Warden.)

Jack, Halliday, and party applied for a certificate for their prospecting claim, Butchers Gully Ecef. Mr. Jack, who appeared,, stated that the application had been duly advertised, and handed in the following report “To the Warden at Alexandra.

“Sir.—The Alexandra Quartz-Mining Company have the honor to report, for your information, that they commenced occupation of their claim in the middle of October last, by sinking the abandoned shaft of Goltz and party twelve feet deeper. The party found at a depth of iifty-six feat what they consider is a very payable prospect. They took out of this shaft twelve hags of quartz, weighing about one ton and abalf, which was forwarded to the Ida Valley Quartz Crushing Company’s Machine for a trial crushing, aim a cake of retorts 1 gold, consisting of two ounces and a half, was the result.

“The Company then resolved to sink a main shaft perpendicularly to the depth of eighty feet, some seventy feet east of the prospecting shaft, and are now down with it about sixty feet, and expert to complete ibe shaft in about a fortnight when they will commence driving for the reef, which they hope to strikeabout seven feet north of this shaft.

The Company has further the honor to inform you that, since they iirst commenced occupation of their claim now applied for as a prospecting claim, they have employed six men pier day at the rate of ,i‘-l per week. The Company estimate approximately that, when they have the perpendicular shaft sunk to the required depth, they will have expended from £450 to fr.oo on the claim. 1 am, Ac, A. .lack, Secretary.” (Iran-e

Iv rson and party applied for certificate for prospecting claim in Conroy’s Cully roof. Certificate withheld till report

handed in.

.Several applications fur protection, &e were disposed of.