RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Issue 27, 3 February 1869, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

This Day. (Before J. Sharp, Esq., R.M.) Thomas Fern, alias Tar au tiki Tom, was charged with being drunk and disorderly last night. The prisoner had beeu com- , mitted to gaol on a previous occasion for , a similar offence, and this was the fourth time he had been before the Court since his release. Prisoner was discharged on giving a promise that he would at once sign the pledge.

Healy and Leslie v. Edwin Snow. — Claim for £1 o*. 6d., for goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs, 9s. The same v. Archibald Henry. —Claim for £2 18s. 6d., for goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs, 9s. Amount to be paid witliiu two months. Wm. Alison v. James Anthony. —This was an action for £36, the price of 60 fafc wethers supplied to defendaut on the 6th January. Defendant did not appear. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs, £1 15s. J. De Carle v. A. G. Brock. —The same v. E. J. Brock. —The same v. Eliza Reynolds.—These cases were further adjourned until Wednesday 24th instant. Morrisou, Sclanders, & Co. v. Knight. — Claim for £24 14s. 4d. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs, £1 13s. Half the amount to be paid now, and the balance in six weeks. Alexander M'Donald, a farmer, residing at Takaka, a person of unsound mind, was i brought before the Magistrate, and on the testimony of Drs Cotterell and Vickerman, who considered him not fit to be at large, was committed to the Lunatic Asylum. '