RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Star, Issue 4252, 12 October 1876, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Thursday, October 12. (Before J. Bathgate, Esq., R.M.)

Judgment was given for plaintiffs by de?iT v"\? e f n U T?i f" 868 -"-Alexanderand Shepherd v. G. Griffiths, claim L2 19s 7i for meat supplied; P. Carmichael v. Aitfrenl L2 4ssd, for goods supplied; Lane arS Campbell v. Atkinson, cSm Li? Is. for goods supplied; Archibald v. 112 a ?d, for balance of wjeg dufln s?' .nection with work ftwftt ?£ %£ Carter v Hook.-Claim LI 15s, forgroSS eS n n^ ed ' ? efend a*t admitted the debt, and judgment was g?ven for plaintiff With COSts. tf*«uiiui,

Sutherland v. Innis.—Claim L 4 15a Id on a judgment summons. Defendant pleaded contradict Mm, no order was granted. Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co. v. G Tom W-Ckim L 92 163,' damage suaS a case of essenoe of lemon was rendered useMr kifj.i De , nn " to / 1 »**««* for plaintiffs, Mr Haggitt for defendant. This case was before the Court on a previous oecaaion, when theevidenoefor plaintiffs Tomkins, defendant, and owner of 32 lighter Dorset, gave evidence as to brings up the case m question and delivering Ton the jetty. It did not appear to leak; there was no smell of lemon, and no signs of leak! age on the wharf.-George TomS,jun7 said he board thf Dorset w th £st witness. He gave similar evidence as to theatroearanoe of the case—Robert Jack wharf-clerk to Mr Guthrie, said he saw the case on the wharf, and passed it perhaps fifty tunes without noticing any leaLg?™ smell from it. The case was pnt in thelhed, tht aLa*? morni *S rttoeu, on opening the shed door, noticed a strong smell of essence of lemon.-Alexander Burt, coppersmith, said he had this morning seen the copper carboy, which was said to contain 1161bs of essenoe of lemon. It was made of sheet copper, which is not always equal in tenacity-some portions are at times harder than others. If dented in by a blow, the hard plaoes would be liable to craok—Capt Bouman, Lloyd's surveyor, had held a survey on the case on the 9th ult. He saw no sign of rough usage on the case. Judgment was reserved.