RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, AHAURA.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1368, 17 December 1872, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, AHAURA.

Friday, December 13. (Before C. Whitefoord, Esq., R.M.) Publicans' licences were granted under the new Ordinance to Jno. D. Pinkerton, Alexander White, and James Davey, for premises situated at Ahaura. ' crviii OAsifc?. Wick v Dargan— rk claim of Ll3 for freight to Totara Flat. The defendant paid L9 l6s into Court as a settlement in full. He disputed the freight charged 'on a quantity of coal, which he said had never been delivered. The case had been adjourned from the last Court day to procure the evidence of Henry Lewis as to the delivery. The evidence of this witness, as far as it went, was in favor of the defendant. A verdict was given for the plaintiff for the' amount paid into Court. The plaintiff to pay the the costs I of the Courb and the expenses of the .defendant.. Mr Staite for the defendant. * y Davey v. Smith. —A claim of L 9 10s, cash lent and for rent. The defendant filed a set-off for L 8 for work done as a carpenter. The plaintiff refused to admit the full amount of the set-off, whereupon the defendant pleaded exemption from liability on the ground that when the debt- was contracted he was in bankruptcy, and that he had since received his certificate of discharge from the Court. The case was adjourned for one' week to enable the defendant to produce his order of discharge in bankruptcy. Watkins v Rheberg.—A fraud summons for L 3 18s 6d. The defendant wa3. examined a3 to his ability to pay. He said he was working as a carpenter at Reefton at 14s a day, which payment he found great difficulty in getting when it was earned ; 14s a day he said was the full value of his labor. The Magistrate re- . minded the defendant that when the original case was before the Court he filed a set-off for work done, and charged his labor at 203 per day, which rate he was allowed. An order was made that the defendant should pay Ll per week until the debt was satisfied, br in default one month's imprisonment. ' ..'.'*",. White and Garth v. Frank Grossar.— A. fraud summons for L7 los. The defendant was examined, and ordered to pay the amount from the result of the next washing from his claim. Judgments were given for the plaintiffs with costs in Dargan v. Garven, for L 3 11s 6d ; Clarson v. Lowe, for L2O 2s Id ; Dargan v. Pothan was enlarged for one week. The Court adjourned to December 20.