RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, AHAURA.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1118, 27 February 1872, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, AHAURA.

ThuesdAy, Febrctauy.22. (Before C.'Whitpfoord, Esq., E.M., and G. Browne, Esq., J.P.) , Elizabeth Bourke was charged with assaulting Julia Eas ton, at Half Ounce, on the 19th February. The defendant was also charged .with assaulting Jane Leathwood, and with using and obscene language on the same day. The charges were proved, and the defendant was sentenced to one month's imprisonment or to pay a fine of L 3 forthe assault on Julia Easton. For the assault upon Jane Leathwood, which was of a more aggravated nature, the defendant was ordered to be imprisoned for one month, without/the option of paying a fine. The complainant in the latter case bore! marks of serious injury on her head and face, Kate Hargraves was charged' withj aiding and abetting the former defendant in committing the assaulc ou Leathwood. The defendaiit pleaded guilty, but said she was a stranger to the place arid wasnot used to the ways o£ it. She saw, the fight going on, and from motives of Curiosity she joined in it; The defendant; was fined LI, or one week's impriaonment. • Bourke and Havgrayes wereithen charged' yrith using pbscene and abusive language, at Half Ounce, on the' same day. Bourke was fined L 2 ;; and JHargraves Li, with costs.

Loffcquist v. O'Neill.— A. critninal information for maliciously, destroying certain; cattle, namely, two pigs, ■■% the typoperty of the complainant. The .-decisions in these cases were further postponed for one week. Eleanor Smith applied for a publican's license for a house situated at Clifton Road, Ahaura. Mr. Guinness appeared to support the application, and stated that the applicant had obtained a protection "order as against her husband, "and that they were not living together. The applicant was a person of good character, arid the -police would not oppose; the granting of the license. In answer to the Bench, Sergeant Goodall said there were single women holding publicans' licenses in the town at present. After consult^ tion, the Bench decided to refuse the application. Mr Guinness would wish the Court to give a reason lor its refusal to give the license. The Court rofused to give a reason for its decision; it -was sufficient/for the learned gentleman to | know. that the Bench did' not consider it desirable to grant the application. civil, cases. . ! John Hamilton (Greek) v. H. Card.— A claim for L2O Os 9d.fbr goods supplied at Ahaura. The case had been adjourned at the. defendant's request to enable him to procure evidence to show that he was not alone liable. Judgment for amount claimed with cost 3. , James Montgomery v. Antonio Lardi. — A claimfor the value of some blacksmith's work supplied .to a claim at HalfOunce in which the defendant was a shareholder. A moat important point in ; reference to the liability of sleeping shareholders in mining claims Was decided in this case. The ironwork was supplied by the plaintiff, a blacksmith at Granville, to: the Colreavy Company, on the Half-Ounce lead. One of the shareholders ; named Cosgrove* assigned his share to Lardi as security for a debt, but eventually the party was broken up and thegroundfor a time abandoned. The defendant did not register his transfer on the books of the Warden's Court at the time . ofy the assignment. It was: sought to be pr,oved by the plaintiff that Lardi oh taking possession of flosgrove's share had' assumed all the liabilities of that person's share, and he was now sued! as the best mark. . It was contended for the defence that the defendant was not legally a shareholder j and could not' be held liable for any debt contracted by the shareholders on account of the claim until his name appeared ,on the register as a shareholder. , This pjint : was warmly contested on both sides, and the Bench appeared to be divided in opinion on the matter. ■ It was eventually ruled that Lardi's liability began when his: name first appeared oh the: records. A verdict was given for the plaintiff for the amount of the goods supplied since Lardi became ; a registered shareholder. After deducting the amount paid into Court by the defendant and allowing a contra account, : the verdict was given for 1 L 3 Is 6d and costs. ... : '. ...