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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1421, 6 September 1872, Page 2

A number of civil cases came before the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning. The legal gentlemen engaged contrived to protract them to a most inordinate length. Hammond v. Dempsey.—Plaintiff, a widow, claimed as administratrix of her late husband's estate, .£3O for sheep and bricks sold and delivered. Claim disputed. Judgment reserved. Parsons v. Robjohns and Co.—Claim of £SO reduced from <£6s, to hi ing it within the jurisdiction of the Court. Defendant had been surety for a Government contraotor named Candy, who derived supplies of meat from plaintiff amounting to the sum claimed Candy, failing to fulfil his contract, absconded, and the defendants finished the contract, by which they lo*t £145. The plaintiff "alleged that the defendant guaranteed the pay nient of th« £65, which the defendant distinctly denied. On thi* point the whole matter turned. The case was closed at 1.45 p.m., and the decision was to be given this afternoon. Van tier v. Kelly.—Claim of ,£3l Is lOd, admitted by defendant —Judgment for amount claimed, with costs, ,£1 ss. The Auckland Evening Star appears tired of the brief and formal style of police reporting at present in general use, to judge from recent specimens in the columns of that paper. The Auckland police business on the 30th Aug. is thus placed on record :—A young lady fell into the hands of the police last night while in a state of intoxication ; they took care of her, and placed her in an apartment prepared for her accommodation. As soon as she had sobered down they allowed her to depart on bail. She omitted to appear this morning before his Worship the Mayor, to give any explanation why one so young, so fair, so innocent, so beautiful, should get so beastly drunk. Her bail was declared forfeited. —A young man, aged fifty seven, van charged with a similar offence. He pleaded that he had not tasted iiquor for fourteen long years. lie had now no money, and if convicted must go to jail. He was in a situation, and should he be sent to " choky " would inevitably lose his ** billet." He urged that the quality of mercy was not strained, and that the giver as well *s the recipient of such mercy would leceive a blessing, The Court lent a willing ear to his earnest supplications, and he departed forth with.—-Here mtki\ the business of the Court.