R.M. COURT, CLYDE.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1064, 15 September 1882, Page 3

R.M. COURT, CLYDE.

o Tuesday, (September 12, 1882. Before Major Keddell, R.M. HOLT V. MARIE. C. T. Marie was charged with assaulting William Holt on the 1 Ith July, who asked that the defendant be hound over to keep the peace. Evidence of the assault having been given by the plaintiff, a witne'stothe assault named Louis Davis was called, hut failed to put in an appearance. Service of subpoena, together with payment of expenses, 155., having been proved, the case hv request was adjourned till the 21st inst. ; a warrent to be issued against Davis to ensurehis attendance. Stewart v. Hap.risqv. W. J. Harrison, lessee of the Glen Nevis i Station, Upper Nevis, >-as charged by Mr. i Kobe t S ewart, Babbit Inspector fir the 1 Vincent Rabbit District, wi:h failing to take j efficient meanajto destroy the lab -its on his run, Mr F. J. Wilson, for plaintiff; Mr S. Turton. for defendant. Toe formation of the district, the appointment of the Inspector and service of notices on defendant having been proved, Tu-lor Mckay, agent for the Inspector, deposed that he was on the Glen Nevis Sta tion from the 4th till the 12tb of August, during which time hesaw no signs of poisoning on the run, and only three men bunting with dogs- During that tim ■ the upper part of the run was deeply covered with snow, but on tlie lower port it was only partially covered. One|nf the men who was hunting said he was getting so much per skin from Mr Harrison. He did not think the means adopted wgre sufficientfpr destroying the rabbits. 'To his mind efficient means would be the employment of from 10 to 15 men from now till November next. For the defence several witnesses were called whoso evidence vas to the effect that since the 22nd of August five men were employed laying poison on tbe hare ground on the run, that previous to then the snow was so thick and soft that it was impossible to pack the poison about, but that some eighteen men and boys had been engaged hunting with dogs, who would obtain from 50 to 150 skins each per day. All agreed that the past winter had been the most severe that had been experienced since 1878, the snow being two feet in depth on the low ground, and on the high ground twenty feet; and that prior to the date when poisoning was started it was impossible and useless to adopt that method ; and moreover, that hunting with dogs was the only means that could be adopted when the snow w.-a ‘eepon the ground. The Bench, after briefly summing up, said the case was not proved, but would not allow defendant costs. BELL V. SMITH. No appearance ; struck out.