RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 33, 10 February 1869, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THrs Dat. (Before J. Sharp, Esq., R.M., and Hon. Major I Morse, J.P.) William Arthur White was charged by William Hale with allowing five head of cattle to wander at large in Tory-street. Fined 5s and costs. Neale and Haddow v. Handyside. — This •wa - ; a claim for £2 3s 3s for goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff with costs. J. Cann v. Alex. James. — Mr Pitt appeared for plaintiff. Action to recover the sum of £6, the price of a coat supplied to defendant. Defendant did not appear. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with £2 5s costs. J. Cann v. John Fathers.-— Mr Pitt appeared for plaintiff. Claim for £5 7s, for goods supplied to defendant who did not appear. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with costs £2 Is. J. Cann v. Joseph James. — Mr Pitt appeared for plaintiff. Claim for £4 5s for goods supplied. Defendant did not appear. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with costs £2 Is. Thomas Younger v. Robert Johnson. — - £4 2s 6d for rates due to the Board of Works. Defendant paid the amount of debt less costs into Court, which amount plaintiff refused to accept. Judgment was given for plaintiff for costs 9s. Amos Hammond v. Robert Burn. — Claim for £14. Mr. Coombes appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Pitt for the defendant. On the application of Mr Pitt the case was adjourned until Saturday. Carey v. Evans. — Claim for ££l 1 3s. Case adjourned until arrival of steamer John Perm, Henry Phillips v. Wm Jackson.— -Claim for £4 10s. for board and lodgings. Judgment for plaintiff for amount, with costs 9s. Henry Phillips v. J. Westrup.— Claim for £3 balance of amount due for a punt purchased by defendant. Judgment for plaintiff for amount, with costs 9s. R. Levien v. T»*S. Beale.— Claim for £40 being loss sustained on 40 cases of oranges, shipped on board s.s. Ruahine, at Sydney. Robert Levien, sworn : I am the plaintiff in this action; I produce bill of lading for 40 cases of fruit shipped for me in the Ruahine, at Sydney, on the 31st October last. The vessel arrived in Wellington on the Bth November. The Storm Bird left Wellington for here on the afternoon of the next day. I received the cases by the Otago on 23rd November, they were utterlyjworthless, and were sold by auction, and the total amount of nett proceeds was ss. 2d. The original cost in Sydney was £22 12s. 6d., in addition to which I paid £4 costs. I consider if they had arrived here in proper time they would have been worth £40. The Ruuhine had other fruit at the same time which was forwarded by the Storm Bird. I Peter Doyle sworn: lam master of the Stormbird and was so on Bth Nov.

last. I left Wellington for Picton and Nelson at 1.50 p.m. on 9th November. The Ruahine arrived in Wellington from -Sydney on the previous day. Nine oases -of oranges were shipped on board my steamer for Picton. I believe they had arrived per Ruahine^ I saw the fruit which appeared to be in good order. This closed the case for the .plaintiff. Mr Kingdon watched the case on behalf of the Panama Company but no defeuce was set up, and judgment was given for plaintiff, for £39 14s. lOd. and costs, £2 16s.