COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS.
Thuesdat, November 4. (Before H. W. Robinson, Esq., R.M., and J. 0. Rowley, Esq., J.P.) "Walter Morgan v. Charles Hawker. —This case was adjourned from the last sitting of the Court' of Petty Sessions. Mr. Eoss for plaintiff. The claim was for £7, fourteen weeks' rent of house in Naseby. Defendant admitted tlie debt, but put in set-off £2 lis. for a case containing 34 doz. eggs, at Is. 6d. per doz. Plaintiff argued that only 24 doz. eggs were delivered in a sound stale,and that the price (Is. 6d.) was exorbitant, and far above the then market value. The evidence was very lengthy. Judgment for the plaintiff for the amountclaimed, less the amount of set-off, of £2 lis., without costs. Anderson v. Poppleton.—This was a charge of the defendant unlawfully and maliciously breaking down a sod fence, the property of plaintiff Mr. R Eoss, on behalf of the plaintiff, pleaded for an adjournment for a fortnight, the prosecutor having been called to town upon important business. Mr. Hertslet, for the defence, argued that the case being a criminal one no adjournment should be permitted. Case dismissed. Miles v. Grace.—Claim for £2O Bs. Judgment for plaintiff, witb eosts.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 40, 5 November 1869, Page 3
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202COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 40, 5 November 1869, Page 3
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