LEGAL TECHNICALITIES.
Tradesmen having dealings with the Maoris may find it to their advantage to note a decision under the Besident Magistrates' Act, given at the B.M Court, Port Chalmers, by I. N. Watt, Esq , B.M. From Dunedin papers we learn that Mr George Wilson, butcher, sued two Natives named Timoti Karetai and Maki Maka, who live at the Otago Heads, for trespassing on land there held by him under lease from other Natives. Mr Kettle, who appeared for the defendants, applied for a nonsuit on the ground that sections 39 and 31 of " The Besident Magistrates' Act, 1876," had not been complied with, inasmuch as the particulars of demand annexed to the summons were not in the Maori language, and also that the blanks in the summons were in English instead of in the Maori language. Mr Adams, who appeared for the plaintiff, contended that the particulars of demand could not be considered as forming part of the summons, also that inasmuch as the form of summons in the Maori language set out in the schedule t,o the Act had been served on the defendants, it was not necessary the blanks in the summons should be filled up in the Maori language. Mr Watt, however, held that Mr Kettle's objection was fatal, and nonsuited the plaintiff in both cases, with costs.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2149, 14 January 1881, Page 3
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222LEGAL TECHNICALITIES. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2149, 14 January 1881, Page 3
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