Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1165, 7 November 1871, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, a drunkard (who so recently as yesterday was fined ss) was fined 10s; and another, for a first offence, was fined ss. Caul ton v. Lord. : —(Adjourned case )- -A claim of £ls, value of a horse, hired by defendant for a journey, and not returned, - The defendant applied for an adjournment, as Mr Locke, one of his witnesses, was at present in Wellington, and Serge. Bennett, another, was at Taiawera on duty. —Mr Stedman, for the plaintiff, objected, as one of his witnesses had come in from Tarawera specially on account pi' this case.—His Worship said he would first hear the plaintiff's ease, and then, if necessary, grant an adjournment —S. C. Caulton, sworn, deposed : .1 am a livery stable keeper. In June last the defendant hired a hoive of me, at 5s per day, to take him up the line to Ta'upo. He afterwards sent me a telegram from Qpepe, to the effect that the horse was knocked up. I have never seen the horse since. Mr Loid returned to Napier by a steamer. He then told me he had left instructions that the horse should be returned to me. It has never been so returned. I told him I would hold him responsible. He picked the horse from three or four jn the stable.—By defendant : You clid tell me you wanted a horse able to take y° l l to Cambridge. The horse had been turned out nearly a month previously to your taking it —To Mr Stedman : The horse was in fair condition when it was taken, and the defendant seemed quite satisfied with it. --Walter Caulton, A C, deposed : I ■was stationed at Runanga in June, and remember Mr Lord coming up there. it was dusk when he came, and he got win to look at his horse, which was a

little lame. I advised him to have the shoes looked to. I did not see him before he left in the morning. 1 afterwards saw Constable Brooking with the horse at Tarawera. It was then almost skin and bone, and was not in a state to be brought home. —Mr Lord said it was no fault of his that the horse was in bad condition. When he left he had ordered it to be supplied with a feed of oats every day, and he could show the bill for the oats. He had chosen the only horse in the stable which seemed fit for a long journey, and it had proved quite unabla to carry a man of his weight. He had taken three days to make the journey to Runanga, a distance of 63 miles, and the horse was then completely done up—His Worship .said that as Mr Locke's evidence appeared to be essential to the defendant's case, he would grant the adjournment. Further evidence (which we are obliged to hold over) was taken in the adjourned case of Wilson v. Robjohns, and the decision of the Court was reserved till to-morrow at 11 a m. The returns from the Thames and Coromandel gold-tielrls for the month ending 31st October wrre 15,155 ozs. 0 dwt, 18 grs. The Hamelin, a French man-of-war, is at present in Auckland harbor. She arrived there on the 31st ult., from Noumea, New Caledonia. The Hamelin is a tine full-rigged vessel, carrying 4 guns, and crew of 150 men.