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Dunstan Times, Issue 603, 7 November 1873, Page 2

By advertisrm nt ia another co’v.mn it will he 3 m that tendeis are eal'ed for the erection of a new Court-house at Clyde. The architect is Mr. F. W. Burwill, of Queens'own. Tile Matakanni Annual Thices will take place on the 2nd ami 3rd January, 1874. Th ■ programme will appear in future issues We are requeste 1 to notify that in consequence of the oon inneil illne-s of Ilis Honor Wilson Cray, the sitting of the District Court is further a'jiurnel from Monday the 17 hj mstant ti We Ines lay the 10-h instant. We are pleased to report that Mr. Gray is rec ivennj, though hut slowly, from what lias been a very painful illness. A nug.et of got I weighing between eleven an<l twelve ounres was unearthed by a party of Chinese at C m oy’s gully during the past week, airl disposed of to the Bank of Now Zealand on Monday last. So far as we can remember this is thlargest nugget as yet discovered in the Alexandra district—it is a solid piece of gold, having but a few specs of quartz embedded in it. The Ca'atea dredge, the first of the spoon dredcos built at Alexandra was sold during 'lie last few we-Its for the sum of 2-5/. The present owners are talking of putting curr -nt wheels and a plunger lif of pumps on he- to rai-e water Bom the Moly ienx on to the hanks for shiieln.' purposes—‘he men are thoroughly compctcn' to judge of the prac 1 inability of the scheme an I they feel assured of Being able to nocom lish it. The Star Mammoth Troup gave (h-ir entertainment on We‘nes lav and Tlmrsdiy < van legs last in the T \vn had. Cly to, to an admiiing and appr cia'ive audience. The C ompanv e si-'s of Miss Neih n. M . Bromley, and Mr. Marge Us. and may 1 e cias-s -.1 as one - f the i est if not. the ! cst —tr-up wh > ever came np-cmi try. T iy arc a iviii tisc-.l to ap car at Cro-nwell '-n Saturday nigh", when wh pe‘hey will meet with a Imui'ier house. We must not , forget SLunr Ferrari and Irs performing monk- ys. They are exceedingly oh d cut, and go through their several pirts vie". With the youngsters they cannot f.iii to | he a special aitracii n. The amateur concert given at Mcxan Ira 1 o-i Wednesday evening last, f .r the benefit 1 of Mr James Simmnnds, wc a-e informed, wa am at sue -css id atfa-r. financially and o'hcrwise. the takings at the do -rs and for tickets sol 1 iimoiinli 'g to nigh 30 1, Wc w re un ivoi lah'y ah ent, an I the pers >n , to whom wo cntru-tel the tnk'ng a few notes si ;n illy failed ns ; coiiscqncii.lv we I »re v.naldc to give any jiartion’a-s, fu - then thnn that each of the singers appealed | to he in yi o 1 time, an I that the i. s iu I mental part <>f the -o acort was eve-yrhiiTg I tint could ho desnel and something mine j than was expected by many. By a resident of Alexankra wo are requested to i note that the perfoiinancc of the Clyde Brass Band was mo-t effective, and on hr- ! half of the committee of gentlemen under j whose auspices the aft’air was -rot up, to convey to the Band th ir earnest thanks for their gratuitous services; also to the gontlenrn from Clyde who performed on the occasion. i

The Evening Star lias the following . “ We were always ■ under the impression that the fee of a New Zealand lawyer was samethingjabove that paid to an English lawyer, which as is well known is “ six and eight-pence.” Fortunate'y our experience of law has been s > limited that we never had occash n to wait upon one of these gentlemen for an opinion. If circumstances, however, had at any time made it necessary for us to adopt such a course, we never should have dreamed of touching the lawyer’s palm with anything ss than a golden coin. An I as it is not inlikely that in a long and prosperous career we may have occasion to seek advice on various important subjects, it is with a feeling of pleasure and relief that we Vain the fee in Dunedin is only six-ind-eigbt-penee—at least so much came nit in Court during the examination of Mr George Cook tl e solicitor. He was refer- ■ ing to his entry of an interview with a limit into his diary, when Mr. Smith, who was cross-examining him, expressi d his umirise that the entry should be so brief, end wan f ed to know how it was. Mr. O.ik replied that he could not b ■ supposed o make a very long entry for six-and igld-penee. Although Mr. Smith seemed ’-•> tbii k that the entry might to have been longer, Mr Cook evidently bad the feeling >f the whole of the o her members of the bar with him. The scene appealed to be highly amusing to those in Court, and it oust 1 e a source of great satisfaction to '■■ hose who were no* already aware of the fact to know that the char.e for a legal ■pinion s the same here as in the old country, viz the proverbial “ six and eight-pence.” The Morley ca e, a Vjctoiia cause celehre ms coma (o an abrupt ami nnlooked-for mc'nsi. n, though it is easy to see what he final ict. will !e. Morley and Carrick eie merchan's at Sandridge, and partners hif years, ami the former was mayor of the ■borough. Disputes led do a dissolution of he partnership, which was followed by Carrick giving information to the police bat led to his former partner being charged a i'li having at Geelong in the year 1800 caused t marriage t-> bo celebrated between himself an 1 o ie Mary Anne Morley; and mving there iro luce 1 a paper purporting to be a declaration, in which, amongst .'her matters, he suited that he had “no knowledge of any just impediment or lawful objection of any kindred or relationship ‘o his being married to Mary Ann Morley,” whereas she was, in truth, the daughter of bis brother. The defence was that, Morley •lid not “ willingly and knowingly ” do the •ac's complained of; that Parker,s tables •'i 1 not forbid an uncle marrying his niece, consequently there"was no impediment to the marriage in question; and, that the prosecution was a m ilicious one. The legal ooint was reserved, but on the question of fact Judge Fellows tol l the jury thar if they believed the evidence that the declaration was read by the officiating clergyman ; that Morley repeated the won’s of i f , and that lie kissed the bo .kas an asseveration. they must find bin guilty. While the jury were out one of their number fe'l ill and became so ha 1 tha f he could not be brought into Couifc, whereupon the jury W'Tft discharged. It was stated, and subseqnently declared by affidavit by the foreman that before the jaw’s illness the whole of the jury ha 1 c mo to a decision and agre"d to a verdict of “ Not guilty,” but Judge Fellows refused to take it as a verdict. Motley was released on bail.