Feilding R.M. Court

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 53, 20 October 1892, Page 2

Feilding R.M. Court

+ This Day. (Before Mr Brabant, H.M.) T. R. Chaimberlam v. A. Rapitu ; claim £6 13s 9d. Mr Prior for the plaintiff. Judgment for the amount claimed with costs. Two months allowed for payment. Robert fl alley y. Alice flentz ; claim £3 13s. This case was adjourned till the 3rd of November. Samuel McSweeney v. Belski; claim £12. Mr Prior for the plaintiff Mr Sandilauds for the defendant. The plaintiff's claim was made up of £7 10s the value of a saddle, and £4 10s for a watch in the defendant's possession. Plaintiff deposed that he met with an accident whilst in the defendant's employ, and had to be taken to Wanganui Hospital, and the articles in question were left behind on the defendant's premises; witness did not give the saddle and watch to Miss Belski, the defendant's daughter, had made application to the defendant and his daughter for the return of the articles. Cross-examined by Mr Sandilands : Plaintiff whilst in the defendant's employ, did not court his daughter. He lent her the saddle and bridle but did not give them to her. Edward Faathorpe deposed that in his presence, Miss Belski informed witness that the saddle belonged to McSweeney, and heard her say that the plaintfff had called for his Baddle, Mr Sandilands submitted that the plaintiff must be nonsuited, as there was no eyidence before the Court that the plaintiff had demanded the return of the articles, and said he would call evidence to show that the articles were presents to the defendant's daughter. The goods are not in the defendant's possession, and he should call evidence to show that the plaintifl was courting Miss Belski, and the engagement wae broken off by the plaintiff. Fanny Belski deposed that the plaintiff gave her a saddle and a watch and chain as Christmas presents, McSweeney proposed to marry her, and spoke to her father about it ; Fauthorpe neyer asked her whose saddle it was. Cross-examined by Mr Prior : Witness remembered McSweeney asking her father for the saddle. It was some time before Christmas when McSweeney asked her to marry him ; Witness knew a young lady named Lily, and corresponded with her ; m January last she wrote to Lily that she was not going to be married. Martin Belski deposed that McSweeney gaye the saddle and bridle to his daughter. The plaintiff courted the witness' daughter, and asked his consent to the marriage. The witness agreed to the engagement which lasted some six or seven months. By the Bench. The plaintiff asked for the return of the articles about a week before Baker and Cooke's letter was written which was dated the 9th of June last. The Bench considered the defendant's version of the matter the more credible and nonsuited the plaintiff, with sohoitor's fee against him. (Left Sitting.)