RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Grey River Argus, Volume VIII, Issue 597, 13 November 1869, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

' ♦ Thursday, Nov. 11. . (Before J. Greenwood and W, H. Harrison, Esqrs., J.P.) \ CIVIL CASES. Judgments by default;— Cleve and Lahman v. Miss Pearson, L 8 Us 10d ; T, Joyce v. Miss Pearson and Miss Brown, LI 18s 3d ; C. Cochrane v. John Brook. L 9 10s. Judgments confessed :— Cleve and Lahman v. Stenhouse, L 6 2s 7d ; Leach ■*. Paroa Road Board, L7B 5s ; De Costa and Co. v. Charles Rhodes, L 9 Is. J. W. Park v. T. Phillips— Claim of Ll2 5s 3d ; judgment for plaintiff, with costs. G. E. Weighland v. C. Flowers— Claim j of Ll6 ; case dismissed, each party paying their own costs. J. B. Galland v. W. Williams— Claim of L 8 ss ; judgment by consent for L 7 6s andi costs. Dawkins and Murray v. J. MTJavitt Claim of Ll2 ; plaintiffs nonsuited with costs. Borough Council v. G. P. FellowsClaim of L 3 10s ; judgment for plaintiff, with costs. Hamilton and Co. v. Donovan— Claim of L 29 9s 4d j adjourned to the 16th inst. W. Sampson v. Whitty— Claim of Lls j plaintiff nonsuited, each party paying their own costs. Friday, November 12. (Before W. H. Revell, Esq., R.M.) OTVjIi OA.SF. Greymouth Gold Mining Company v. David Girdwood. — In this case judgment had been reserved. The Magistrate now said that this was ah action to recover calls on certain shares transferred by the defendant to one Cardno. From the evidence it appeared that the Company waa aware that the shares were transferred to Cardno ; they had a conversation about it, and it waa stated that the Company had then no proper books in which to enter the transfer. The minutes of the meetings, drily signed, did not taljy with the statements of the directors who were examined ; either he must believe the minutes of the meetings or the evidence. He was astonished that the Company should allow the minutes to be confirmed in the manner in which they had been. From the evidence it appeared that Cardno. had been applied to by the Manager, and had paid one of the calls on these shares, and it was after he had left the town that the demand for payment was made upon the present defendant. There appeared to be a rule of the Company that no shares could be transferred without the consent of the Directors ; but he had gone through the law on the case and believed that the Directors had waived their Tight by accepting payment from Cardno— they acknowledged him as the holder of the; shares. Case dismissed with costs. Lamps Out.< — Joseph Kilgour, Harriet Morris, Mary Buggy, William Bang, Joha Muller, and Charles Rhodes, were each fined 5s and costs for neglecting to keep lights burning in front of their hotels on the night of the 7th inst. Abusive Language.— Edward Barry v. Thomas Lawrie. — Charge of making use of abusive and insulting language, calculated to provoke a breach of thepeace^ | The defence was that the language was used "in chaff," and was fined 10s an* costs, whereupon he added — " and, very dear chaff too^"