RESIDENT MAGISTRATE COURT, GREYMOUTH.

Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 167, 7 February 1867, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE COURT, GREYMOUTH.

; TCESDA^ FEBRTIARY ; 5; ■ v,;.: K)\ \ ;. (Bcfof e% Hi ReveU, Esq* ;^M.) :' " :> Dkunkenness.— David "\Y^ams, , Robeiii.:.' Gibbs, Wm. Butcher, and Benjamin Sunder- ; : , land were severally fined for this offericd.; '- v -■ ]■• ",• Attempt to Commit SuicinE.^-Thoi«as ; ■■- Holman, on remand, was -discliarged, thp, prisoner being ordered to pay the cost of his maintainence and medical treatment whilst suffering from delirium tremens in the lock-*, up. ■-: •i>M;.'' ; .^. v V"'/" ; ;'^ :: -'-' ''-.- "■ •'.'■'■ ; .. '; ;;...; ; ■ .civil cASEs.L-.-i';,'":;;^.^ v ; -■;.;.-■. ;-.'?■■',. Morris Levy v. B. BaruarcL^-Claim Llo>;s 3s 6d, judgment by default^- ; -,3 : . ;>, r Geo.Spmnerv. D. Girdwood >-Claim L 9: 2s, judgment for plaintiff. A: set off hactbeei^ : lodged, but was not allowed. V < ■ Henri Psiae'v.' Peter deLore3^-4.Claiiii '>'.'. LI 0, judgment for plaintiff by defaiilt. " .Ino. Rae v. Wm. Smith;— Claim LI Jos» judgment for plaintiff. ;,%; .'-.^C-' ' "■ ' ; W. Ryan y., Sophia F; ; Brown.- "Clain\ ' L 5, judgment for plaintiff and .cost*. ' v -; i; Wm. Spence and Co.; v. : Alex.; and Cp.-^;:-rv-"- --: Claim L2l), j udgment for planitiffs LlO aiitl ;Cpsts.^: •..;•/:;■..'. '■'■ ■;. - ." '■'_'_ ; "'v^;-. ■:;:■■■;■ ;•>;.; - : . ' J Edniund Frahey v. Wm .fiHawkes.^Clainx ; L2O, judgment for plaintiff by default; k ■ 7'; : . Win: Wright y.-D. Murispn;--ClamiLl6 v :V judgment for plaintiff by default. - - - :• J. O'Donnell v. Murisbri.-— Claim L2O, judgment for plaintiff by default:;; ; ; : Wiesenhaveni ■,y. Murilpn— Claim' LI 1 16s, judgmerit for plaintiff by default. ; D. Magoffiriy.Murison.— Claim 12.7s ,6d, judgment for plaintiff by default. ' ■■ '■> Hildebrand and Weber v. Murison.— Ciaim. : r L2O, judgment for plaintiffs by default. Same v. same.— Claim LlO 6s 4d, verdict / as before. , ". : ■•■".: : 'v-- ;; ;.>;'; ;: De Costa and Co. v. Captain Gtaey^f/}.^, Claim LI 7 4s Sd for a qiiantity of butter/;- . wrong delivered, judgment deferred. ;,: v ?■ " ;V Several cases were settled out of Court or dismissed for non-appearance. .' :^:- : -^-C^in'.-: Wednesday, FEBKPARY'.iS^.^;r:A. L: ;i His Worship gave judgment in the case '<p&&x% De Costa v. Captain Carey. His?^WJ>rshij) ;^ : 't said that it appeared there had been^nagree-i. £■ ;;'- --inent on the part of the defendant to deliyeiPi^ ; goods at either Fox's, Pakihi, or the ; Bulleiv/ The person to whom the gpods were; cpiii signed (Mr De Haininett) was on board and/fe V ;; ; ordered the goods to be sent to tKeoßulleri^-;;; On arrival at the Buller it was fbiiindSthaitto;& two kegs/of butter had beeeu lsmdeiiv .^%]o,Fox's. If the consignee had al^w^d theX^ ' foods -toremaini undoubtedly he wbuid^iiayet^ ■.''.-. ad a-clani, buTif appeared that .'De}^Hain^- % .g met liad sent word to his partner) to take charge of the butter and sennit' Mvij^o to -■ the Buller. By doing so he had with the master's responsibility.^ ; \TEf^M:.^ case was .therefore dismissed with costs, ; Assault.— -Mary /Ann Cooper was charged^;? with having assaulted Mrs Lynch . at; the*?: v British and American Hotel, Saltwater CreeK;:|i: The assault liad arisen from the scandalous • - ; accusations made by thepliaintiff agaiiistitUe defendant, and the Ma^stratc (inflicted * ; a ; penalty of only 5s and:;costs^Jnp;;;B^d^i|k I Avas charged with. assaultirig^l'p Wardsj ;■ andJ^L I casewas^adjourned'UntitFrid tpQiiable dcfento[it to^ '