RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURTS NO TOWN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1355, 2 December 1872, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURTS NO TOWN.

Wednesday, November 26. - (Before C. Whitefoord, Esq., R.M.) ; . crviij oases. - :• Haisty v. Devery and Gillen.— A claim of L2O as compensation for injury done the property, of the plaintiff by the defendant's pigs. The parties are neighbors at No Town, and it was not denied that somebody's pigs, from their : vagrant and destructive habits were a nuisance to all the residents. The difficulty was to find owners^ for the animals after; they had committed : depredations. On the ; i3th November, at near midnight, the plaintiff and his household were frightened almost out of their senses by the occurrence of an unearthly uproar under the floor of the house, which is raised tipon piles. On .examination it was found that a numUer of pigß..ha,d made, or were trying to make an onslaught upon a quantity of oats stowed away at the back part of the premises. ' -The plaintiff at once took decisive. measures to make certain of the proprietorship of the raiders. He sent for carpenters and caused the, -.'piles' to be boarded round, thus effectually' im-j ■pounding the swine. -He threatened to murder the hostages if ; r they were not claimed and ransomed by a certain hour. The defendants, to prevent-the slaughter, admitted the ownership' before the tinie of execution came, whereupon the ." plaintiff released the animals and claimed damages. The dispute was as to the damages done. This 'was, 1 after 1 sbine difficulty, assessed : at ; L3 is 6d;- The Magistrate, in giving judgment, remarked; in strong terms on the intolerable nui-i sance vagrant pigs and goats were on the': Gold Fields. '. He had publicly cautionedowners of these animals at Ahaura and| other places as to what the result would be in future if actions for damages were sustained. This being the first oppor- : fcunity he had of warping the owners of these pests at No. Town, he would not in the present case give heavy damages, bat he would deal severely with similar cases^ on future occasions. Judgment for the plaintiff.forL3ls.6d, with L 3 costs and expenses. Mr Guinness appeared for the plaintiff. ; , - ; -,- __: : Daniel O'Connell and party applied' for an extended area of two acres old worked ground, known . as the Greeks' claim, at Hawyer's terrace, Half-Ounce. The Surveyors reported on the application; and recommended the grant. The application was granted.