Resident Magistrate's Court, foxton.

Manawatu Herald, 8 June 1893, Page 3

Resident Magistrate's Cou rt, foxton.

(Pp^E^W. Brabant Esq, E.M). ~ J Thursday, Bth Junk, ' '■ '-t r ■■•■■' ■ .-»:;•:■■.■.•■ I:' dvni cases. E. Osbqve.v. G. Newtb— Claim £1 7s Gd for goods sold. No appearance of defendant, Judgment for amount and costs 75.. , Leonard McCarthy v. James Andrew — Clftiw.iQs fid. Claimant said be was going on for 15 years of age ,; be claimed 10s 6d for wages ; he was paddocking fpr defendant for a fortnight; it Was more than' a -month ago; defendant engaged him ;. he wan to. get 4s a day. ; had received 2s fid ; balance was due. Gross-examined — It was 4s a day I was tfcgeV ,:,-: . ■-.■■.■; Defendant said he owed the plaintiff 4s 6d ;-the lad worked previously for him and had left without notice ; when he came on again he told him that if he left without giving notice he should stop a day's pay frpm Wm. ; oqe day charged %■, 10th April, he could prove th'e-boy was never near the paddoW; the book 'produced was made up each nightj the time is oorreot ; did' not Ky-the boy when he left as he did not ow he had gone. ■ Judgment was given for plaintiff for 4s 8d and costs 6s. W. F. Davis v. W. Jonas-Claim £1 16s for wages and board. W.jE. Davis; deposed— He was engaged on 29th April, for first week at, what he dould make in tha shop, and then at £1 a his board and tobacco ; he worked three 1 weeks at £1 a week ; claimed pay for notice ; was discharged on the 20th May;' considered he was entitled to notice as he was paid by the week. '■.Cross-examined- by defendant— You did not engage me for any certain period; received my wages regularly; on the last Saturday you did say we would have to come to some other arrangement; do not know why you discharged me at a minute's notice ; I was out of work after you discharged me; I went to york the night you discharged me. Gardner Hunter deposed — He heard that plaintiff was discharged because he said 'Tfts ' had got the fever coming on, him. . " W. Jonas deposed— Employed plaintiff at 20s a week ; on Saturday previous to discharging him, told him we must come to some other arrangements ; he said all right; during the week had come to the conclusion it would not pay to keep him any longer ; a young fellow was sick in the bouse and; found plaintiff had spread a false report that he had got the typhoid ' fever ; shut the house up for a time. Cross-examined— Swear that a party told me plaintiff had spread the report ; Steinmuller was in the building at the time notice was given. The R.M. said it appeared that defenda4fr£&d plaintiff had agreed that mention was made that some other agreement would haveto be come to; he did not think plajntifl had. made out bis right to a week's nftibeind judgment would be for the defendant. ,i'.:r ■ :.:.. ;••••' '■■ ■ :•■:;: Jamea Wood v. Patriok Guerin— Claim fiia^j'thii^H^olrim-made by Jamea Wood, of Westland, and the defendant appeared .to give evidecce. He stated he kn«w nbthififf about the case whatever. He did riot Sftbwthe man. Was in Grey

member dealing with him. The quantity charged, 24 loaves iii one day was unreasonable, also for two people. Had never received a bill in any shape previous to receiving the summons, An far as he knew the bread he was charged with was never procured on his behalf. He sent a telegram the .following morning after receiving the summons to the lawyer telling him he knew nothing about it and asking him to withdraw the claim. Catherine Guerin deposed — Did not remember Mr Woods of Kumara ; never got any bread from him in 1877 ; used to get bread from Kerrigan's, and used to pay for it as I got it ; we used to consume about four small loaves a week ; certain we never had the bread mentioned in the bill of particulars ; never had so much bread at one time and never had a bill for this bread during our residence in that district