RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 286, 7 December 1869, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGIST RATE'S COURT.

Before J. Sharp, Esq , E.M. „ : Pollock, Trustee in Bankruptcy re Busk v. W. Dayman. Action to recover £10 on promissory note. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed and coats. ; Pitt v. Batty. Claim for £10 4s. 4d., amount of dis- . honored acceptance. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed, with interest at 8 per cent/ and costs. William, Wells was charged with having in his possession a dog without a ticket. Defendant stated that the dog, which was registered, but had no ticket on | did not belong to him but was the property of a friend. Fihedls. and costsi Joseph- Wilkins was charged by the Inspector of Nuisances with casting nightsoil- on the Haven Koad. Prosecutor stated that defendant, -who was employed by :t Mrs. Durham, had removed thef.^nai--sance'as 'soon as he was spoken to about it: His. Wprifsiiip said' that under the circum-> stances he should inflict the lowest penalty of '5s and costs, but should issue 'instruct tions to^layAaa^in'fqrmatioK^gains'^'Mrs. .^D'drfiam;-^/; I .'--:^' ■'-v-^r^v •'■'/■' -'^/■•v ''-':.' '• '„. ,' :,i/o|.w.";^^cor;,.wa,s\ch ' bor ';!Mast;er^witfi '!{ cariylng-^cargo for hire ; ;; h^a vi n^!.b biam|d: ; ! a^Hc^ .^atio^wai'i|liaLd^ag; ; fia^

Stamp DuTiES.-r- We] are requested to state that on and after Ist January: next, all promissory notes, bills of exchange, &c, will be required to bear an embossed stamps instead of* the adhesive stamp that " has hitherto been in use. Forms ready stamped will be obtainable at the office. Dissolving Views.— -This exhibition will be on view at the Temperance Hall this evening:, at 7 o'clack. Some of these •views, particularly the Overland Route,' to India, are extremely good, and we can recommend them to the notice of our readers. .„,.. , . . .. , . . Burglary. — We understand that the house of the Rev. Mr. Appleton, in the Wood, was broken iu to last night and £14 and a ring was stolen therefrom. It appe'ars that the family went out between seven and eight leaving the house unoccupied, and on returning about ten o'clock they found it had been entered through the window, most of the things turned over, and the cashbox, by the side of which the key?, which had been left in another room, were lying, had been opened, and the money and ring taken. Nothing else wa9 missing from the house. Provincial Council. — The election of a member to represent the district of Amuri in the Provincial Council took place on Saturday last and resulted in the return of Mr Rutherford by a majority of one over his opponent Mr. Wigley. The Massacre Bay election which was to take place yesterday, and would, it was expected result in the unopposed return of Mr Gibbs closes, will complete the roll of Provincial Councillors. . Mr. Cotterell's Entertainment. — Mr. Cotterell gave another of his entertainments at the Odd-fellows' Hall last nisht, when owing to the boisterous state of the weather, there was but a thin attendance. We observe that he is to perform again on Thursday evening next, when we trust that the clerk ot the weather, if it is only out of respect to Lady Clara, and Miss Doodah, will make such arrangements as will permit the Nelson public to do homage to these charming ladies, without fear of getting soaked to the skin. A Splendid sample of gold, supposed to have come from the Upper Buller, was brought into Westport on Friday last. It weighed between 70 and 8.0 ozs., and contained several pieces of from four to six ozs. in weight. The gold was of a much rougher character than that usually found in the district, the whole of it being of a nuggetty description, and some of the nuggets of peculiarly contorted form, the apparent of pressure by boulders, and tear and wear by water.