MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1241, 27 February 1878, Page 3

MAGISTRATES’ COURTS.

LYTTELTON. Wednesday, February 27. [Before W. Ponajd, Esq, R.M., and J. T. Rouse and T. H. Potts, Esqs , J.P.’s J Drunkenness. —John Harcourt, being an habitual oil’ender, was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment. Joseph Smith and Wm. Hawker wore each fined 10s. Assaulting the Police. —John Galvin, Peter Ingram, and James Brown on remand were charged with this offence. Several witnesses tcrlifi-’d to the disturbance and way in which the police were rushed by the crowd, and a mate of Brown swore that he was not in the crowd. The Bench sentenced Galvin to fourteen d)y»’ imprisonment with hard labor, Brown and Ingram being dismissed with a severe caution, there bang a doubt regarding their identity. CxVIL "Case. —Kenner v Langdown ; claim, TIG 3s 3d. ’ Mr H. N. 'Kidder- for plaintiff, and Mr ; W. H. Wynn Williams for defendant. John’ Kellner sworn, said —1 am a grocer in Lyttelton. The claim is for provisions supplied to the schooner Bee. Captain Shepherd ordered them. The goods supplied are stated in'my bill, and they were debtited in my books j.o U;o owners and master of t fie schooner We.' 1 They wcTo ordered by Captain Shepherd. I sent the account by post, addressed to Messrs Langdown and Co. I afterwards saw' Mr Langdown about it, and asked him for the account. He said he had never received one. I then made a fresh account and got Captain Shepherd to sign it, and gave it myself into Mr Langdown’s hands. He refused to pay it, the clerk saying he would not ply it, as there were no funds. In the previous November I tendered a similar account at the office of Messrs Langdown and Co., and it was paid by cheoue. That account was made out to the xqaaie? and owners of the Lee. it was paid ib mo : with Mr Langdowh’s cheque at his office. Nonobjection was"raised. Mr LangdJwn did not (.ell me I was to go on supplying the vessel. The goods were supplied for the vessel and the same men at the Arnuri Bluff. By Mr Williams—Mr Langdown did not say to me that Captain Su-.-pherd had no funds in hand, but he did ask the dork in my presence if there were any of Captain Shepherd’s funds in hand. When Captain Shepherd asked for the goods he said they were to be charged to Mr Langdown, I knew Mr the time. I did not ask him

whether Captain Shepherd had authority (o claim these goods. I swear I entered these goods in hit books against the master and owners c£ the Bee. Mr Nalder accepted a nonsuit, as it appeared from evidence that Captain Shepherd was the proper person to have been sued, and not Messrs Langdown and Co j it appearing from plaintiff’s books, produced in Court, that the former account spoken of hod been made out to Caption Shepherd, and not to Langdown and Co, as stated. Mr Wynn Williams pointed out the danger incurred by tradesmen in trusting masters of vessels without communicating with owners, who were within easy distances, Garforth and Lee v Kelly, claim £2 9s 7d ; judgment for amount claimed and costs. Oliver v Columbus, claim £3 19a 9d ; ordered to pay 5s per week. Same v Davis, claim £5 Os sd; judgment by default, costs 9s. Kenner v Sich, claim £8 2s 7d ; Mr H. N. Nalder fur plaintiff; judgment for amount claimed and costs 13s ; defendant to pay 10s per week.