RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, NO TOWN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1706, 22 January 1874, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, NO TOWN.

Tuesday, January 20. (Before C. Whitefoord, Esq., R.M.) Two inebriates were dealt with in the usual manner for unsteady proceedings at No Town on Sunday. CIVIL CASES. The Executors of the late George Muir, Camptown, v. Henry Johnston. — A claim of LIJ 11s 2d, for goods supplied at Red 'Jack's. Judgment confessed for the amount claimed with costs. Same y. Peter Larsen.— For L 49 7s 9d. The defendant said he had not been supplied with a bill of particulars, and until he was supplied with one, he could not say to what amount he was indebted to the estate. W. Barrett, who appeared for the Execuiors, proved that on the 7th February, 1872, the defendant in his presence and that of another witness, admitted the debt. This evidence was corroborated by L. Frankpit, a storeman of the late Mr Muir. The defendant, in explanation, said he had a conversation with Barrett and Frankpit, but he did not recollect that he acknowledged owing *he amount sued for. The books were here produced, and, at the bottom of the defendant's account, a memo appeared in Mr Barrett's handwriting, which he swore was written at the time the acknowledgement of the debt was made by the defendant. The defendant produced a passbook, by which he was made to owe the estate L 47. On comparison it was seen that the account had not been closed in the ledgnr for several days after the entries ended in the pass-book, and the discrepancy was thus accounted for/ The Magistrate gave judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed with costs of Court, his Worship remarking that the defendant had raised a most frivolous defence, because he must or should be aware of the amount of his indebtedness, and he adopted a mere quibble to avoid payment, or ' to gain time.' -