HORNE V. BEGG.

Evening Star, Issue 3472, 9 April 1874, Page 3

HORNE V. BEGG.

To the Editor. Sin,'—l am but a poor tailor, and beg the favor of asking, by means of your columns, what further was necessary on my part to obtain justice ? It was proved that my goods, value LSO, were on board the Surat when she went ashore, on the Ist of January ; and although it could not be shown what did not occur, between then and the sale day, the sth January, yet it was proved that some of my goods were seen in the purchasers’ shed the very day before the trial; that the sale took place, notwithstanding a protest on behalf of me and all the passengers against the sale of our luggage ; that defendant authorised the sale, and received the whole of the proceeds. Verily, in my newly adapted land of New Zealand, what does its law require ? I am, Ac., William Horne, Stafford street,' April 9. [We insert the above, lest Mr Horne, a newly-arrived immigrant, should imagine we do not sympathise with his loss. Our rule is not to admit letters commenting on judicial decisions without very strong reason, and we do not think it exists in this case, for we consider the verdict of the Magistrate in accordance with the evidence, and have no doubt it is good in law.—Ed. “E. S.”]