RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.
This Day,
(Before A. 0. Strode, Esq., R.M.)
DRUNKENNESS. Colin M‘Donald, for this offence, was fined L 5, or in default, 14 days’ imprisonment.
Civil Cases.
Law, Somner, and Co. v. R. Westwood, was a claim for Ll3 I3s for goods supplied.— Judgment by default for the amount and costs.
J. P. Anquetil v. P. Allen, was a claim for L2, amount of an I, O. U. — Mr Wilson for the defendant. The parties had made an exchange of sets of harness. _ That belonging to the plaintiff was placed with Mr G. Dowse, Rattray street, f-r repair, but was destroyed by lire. Plaintiff now sought to recover toe am-amt of the 1.0. U. which had been given as part of the consideration in making the exchange.—’l he Ma<jiafcrato held that the bargain' had not been completed, and gave judgment for the defendant. Ell n Murdoch v. Catherine Mason, was a claim for 13s, value of a pane of glass alleg- d to h.ive been wilfully destroyed by the defendant. There was no proof, however, that it was she who b oke the glass, and the case was accordingly dismissed. Anthony Thomson v. Janies Hunter, was a claim for Ll 17 sd, for goods supplied to defendant’s wife. The defence was that the woman was not defendant’s wife ; that he merely boarded with her; and that he had never authorised her to contract any debts for him. A searching cro-s-examination by the Magistrate had the effect of eliciting that defendant had been cohabiting with the woman for about three years, and that she went by the name of Mrs Hunter. The Magistrate characterised the defence as a piece of rascality, and gave judgment for the amount claimed and costs.
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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2023, 29 October 1869, Page 2
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291RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT. Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 2023, 29 October 1869, Page 2
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