Resident Magistrate's Court, Foxton.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 4 December 1890, Page 3

Resident Magistrate's Court, Foxton.

. — — *-■ WEDNESDAY, 3ki> DECEMBER, (Before H. W. Brabant Eaq, R. M .) CIVIL CASKS. George Patterson v. Arthur- Spaclimau — Claim £>3, ior money le:n. No appearance of defend mt. Mr Ray for plain; iff. judgment for amount claimed, and costs 7s. .T. E. Nathan <Sr Co. v. Robert White— Claim £8 for goods supplied. Mr E C, Shortt said he appeared for plaintiffs under power of attorney. Judgment for amount claimed and costs 14s, Robert Austin v, 11. Redfern — Claim £2 ss. Mr R;iy for p'aiutiff. An application was made by defendant for an adjournment to next court day to obtain the evidence of a witness. This was allowed, the plaintiff making no objection. Edmund Osbornev. Heta Ngafcuhi —Claim £12 17s 9d. Mr Ray appeared for plaintiff, Mr Cook appeared for defendant, and put in a set off for £2 which was agreed to, and judgment for the sum of £10 17s 9d, and costs 17s, Sol. foe 21s, payable in three equal m.mthly instalments was given. Agnes Allan v. James "Wilson — Claim £3 10s. Mr Kay for plaintiff. Judgment for plainM lf for £2 10s, costs Gs, ordered t;> c paid at the rate of os a week. i liIMIN . .. Thomas "Westwood v George Coley. Mr Ray appeared fir 1 and ap -logised for the noi -ppearanco of his client. He ailmi :■•! .he assault and expressed his regrei . Mr Ccolc said the dufe.idant ought to be bound over to keep tlie peace and pay all co:ts, otherwise he would have to ask for a fin' 1 Mi 1 R-iy ploalo 1 guilty for his client Tl.omas Wo-two id swuro thilhe was working at Eonore's store. Vesterdr.y aftornoon the defendant asked him who he w.?s going to vote for, and ha ro lied he was going to vote for the man who would got in. The plaintiff used ba 1 language. I By Mr Ray-Tli * took plnco at! one o'clock. I did nut say "I am not like a lot of you fellows who will sell your vote for a pint of beer." I did say " 1 would not sell my vote like some people did." "When he struck me he said, il you said I sold my vote " I replied " I did not."' His "Worship said there was nothing in the evidence to support an application to bind over defendant to keep th.3 peace, as the assault was noc wholly unprovoked, as the defendant might have reasonably imagined that the language applied to liitn. Ha would inflict a fine of 10s, Sol. fee 21s, costs 7s. (Continuation of Court report held over.)