RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2794, 31 January 1872, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

This Day. (Before A. C. Strode, Esq., R.M.) Civil Cases. M‘Donald v. Shaw.—Mr E. Cook for the plaintiff, Mr Stout for the defendant. This was a claim for damages for breach of con-

tract. Hr Stout applied for an adjournment on the ground that the summons was only served on Monday. The case was adjourned to this day week. Pavelitch v. Macdonald.—L6. Mr Harris for the Plaintiff. This was a claim for eight weeks’ hire of a horse. The defendant pleaded not indebted. From the statement of the plaintiff it appeared that the defendant hired a horse belonging to the plaintiff at the rate of 15s a week, which he sublet to Mr C. Eva, to take him to Timaru in a buggr. On arriving at Timaru the horse fell lame and w.is left there. C. Eva said the horse was only fit for the knacker’s yard. He lay down in the stable and being dead lame, could not rise again. He was four days’ in completing his journey to Timaru, being regularly done up all round. He (Mr Eva) telegraphed to M‘Donald, but owing to an error of the Telegraph messenger, the message was delivered to another person of that name. Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount with costs.

Mills, Dick, aud Co. v. Jas. Crawford.— L 8 6s, for advertising in the Echo and Evangelist. Judgment for the plaintiff for the amount with costs. Same v M'Laren —LI 10s, for advertising in the Kcho for three months. The defence was that one Skirven took the order for LI. He represented himself as one of the firm of Mills, Dick, and Co., and would take the amount out in goods. The order was written in pencil, and the defendant asserted that the document had been altered after it had been signed, Judgeuent for the plaintiff for the amount.

Barnes v. Naylen.—Ll 10s, Mr Harris for the defendant. This was a claim for two weeks’ maintenance of a female child, at 15s a week. From the statement of the plaintiff it appeared that the defendant made an arrangement for plaintiff to nurse a child. The first two weeks’ board were paid, hut on the third becoming due, she called where the defendant was living as servant, asked her for the money, when defendant told her she should take the child to the Benevolent Asylum—the thing might rot for what she cared about it. The defendant said on New Year’s Day Crone, her employer, then a publican in Maitland street, sent her to Mrs Barnes to make arrangements for taking care of the child. This she told to Mrs Barnes, and represented that she he self had nothing to do with the child. It was taken by a Mrs Cross to Mrs Barnes, she herself never having had the child in her arms. Crone had left the place, but his wife was still in town, with whom the defendant still lived. The plaintiff admitted having been told by the defendant who the mother of the child was. Judgment for the defendant, Macgregor v. Stewart.— £l3 Is. This was a claim for damage done to plaintiffs sheep through being worried by defendant’s dogs. Mr Cook for the plaintiff; Mr Stout for the defendant. The plaintiff occupies the Grange Farm, East Taieri, of 450 acres. On several different days, lambs and sheep had been worried ; and' twp dogs belonging to the defendant were seen amongst the sheep by the farm servant pf the plaintiff, and were followed to the defendant’s premises and tied up by him. The pwnership of the dogs was borne witness to by the plaintiff. Mr Stout held the evidence failed to establish the ownership of the dogs. The defendant denied that the dogs complained of were his, he having only one black dog and a pup too young jto worry a sheep. The dog complained of was "iplapjk, with a white breast; his dog was totally hlacjk. Judgment for the defendant. M'Laren v. M‘Lean.—Therespondent was called upon to explain why he had failed to pay the sum of L 6 6s, judgment having been given against him by the Court for that amount in November. It was agreed that the sum should be paid at the rate of L2 every second week, or be imprisoned six weeks. (Left sitting.)