MAGISTERIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6490, 15 December 1881, Page 3

MAGISTERIAL.

CHBISTOHCBOH. WIDIfISDAT, DSO. 14. (Before G. L. Hellish, Esq., 8.M.) DBumcnrariss.—A first offender, who had been found drank in Barbados* street at three o’clock that morning, was fined ss. CIVIL CASES. Misobllahbous.—Judgment was given for plaintiff, by default, in the cases of Wilson v. Greenwood, claim £27 ls8d; Irving v. Medley, claim 18s 6d ; same v. Long, claim £llls 6d; same v. Hewlings, claim £2 6s.—The rases of M'Lellan v. Lowe, Walters and Co. v. Bailey, and Maine v. Crisp were adjourned to Deo. 21. —Henwood v. Mein, chum £4, for one week’s wages £2 10s, and £2los in lien of notice, £1 having been received. Plaintiff said be had been engaged as butcher by defendant in answer to an advertisement inserted by the latter; after being at work three days he was discharged without notice, receiving £1 for the work he had done. Defendant said he had only engaged plaintiff on trial, and finding he did not suit he had discharged him after paying for the time he had been employed. His Worship considered that plaintiff had been fairly dealt with, and gave judgment for the defendant with costs.

BElah r. Obowb.—Claim £SO 6s 6d, balance of account for the erection of buddings. Mr Stringer for plaintiff, Mr Button for defendant; £25 6s nad been paid into Court. Mr Button took a preliminary objection to the bill of particulars, that the items for labour and material were not specified separately. He suggested that the matter should be referred to two arbitrators, one appointed by each side. His Worship said that would be the preferable course, seeing that it was chiefly a rase of the estimation of the cost of material and labour. Mr Stringer consented, and the ease was adjourned tine die. Fabiubt. Sahdvobd & Sandvoxd.—Claim £25, as damages for assault. Mr Gtcsson for plaintiff, Mr Stringer for defendants. The plaintiff, who resided at Kaiapoi, said he had gone to defendants’.fann at the Styx with a view of settling some money matters that were in dispute, when an altercation occurred, in the course of which reference was made to family matters, and the defendants rushed at Elaintiff, knocked him dawn and “ hooted ” im, kicking him about the head and loins, inflicting such injuries as to lay him up under & Ovenden’s care for six weeks. A witness named Carney, a hotelkeeper, who had accompanied the plaintiff with tho object of bringing about an amicable settlement of the matter in dispute between them, said that be had failed to do so, and was going away as he did not wish to be involved in the quarrel, when he heard one of the defendants say that plaintiff’s wife was too good for him. He afterwards turned back and found plaintiff lying on the ground. In answer to witness ho said he was unable to movo but he eventually got up, and witness asked the defendants to get a trap to take him home which they did, but plaintiff would not accompany the Bandfords, preferring to walk home to Kaiapoi.. The defendants both denied striking or kicking plaintiff, but one of them, Matthew Sandford, admitted taking off his coat to fight plaintiff in consequence of some insult which he alleged the latter had offered him in Kaiapoi on October 81. They stated that the plaintiff had stepped backward* and fallen ever a fence rail that was near, in consequence of one of them “making up to him to give him a shove." His worship expressed a wish to hear the medical evidence as to the extent and nature of plaintiff’s injuries, and the rase was adjourned to the following day to secure the attendance of Dr Ovenden.

OXFORD. WIDNEBDAy, DlO. 14. (Before B. L. Higgins, J. B. Gorton, and W. Fisher, Bsqs.) Bbxaob or tub Fbaob.— T. Osborne, W. Osborne, and W. Qundiy were charged with fighting in a public place. T. Oeborne, who, ae had been shown in evidence, bad kicked and struck an old man, was fined 80s or a week's imprisonment, and W. Osborne and W. Qnndry were fined 10* each or three days’ imprisonment. The fines were paid in eaoh oase. (Mr Whitefoord here took his seat on the bench.) Civil Oasbs.—-B. Bowman v. H. Smith, claim £l. Judgment for plaintiff by default —W. Oromie v. J. Whyte, claim £6. Judgment for plaintiff by default.—-J. Grogan v. Hugh Henry, claim £4 4s fid. Judgment for plaintiff by default-W. Dies v. J. Stevenson, claim £4 7e. Judgment for plaintiff for £4 and costs.—J. Booth v. 0. H. Olarke, claim £SO 19s 4d. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, the defendant producing a contra account, which the Bench ordered him to take in a cross action, and stayed execution till the other claim had been heard.