RESIDENT MAGISTRAT'S COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 241, 8 November 1876, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRAT'S COURT.

[Before L. Broad, Esq., E.M.] THIS DAY. Anders Andersen, a Norwegian, was brought up on the charge of having stolen a dog m Wellington, with which he came to Nolson m the steamer Hawea yesterday. As the prisoner was unable to speak English Mr Bloch was sworn as interpreter, and in I reply tojthe (juestioa why he should not be ,

I - { . ' \ —va i :^ % 1 reminded to Wellington, th^'acensed stated that he had not stolenthe & but that itgi h«I. followed him btiisboasf the ateamer^Kehlattded to Welkngton./«W & JbhniNeil - and: Johii fallow, seamen on*, board .^HsMhgjgnti&giferi charged witlfc absenting themselves' from the ship without leava. Defendants said they were ashore after a long voyage and had a drop of drink, and forgot to return to the ship, but were quits willing to go to work again. Ordered to go back to the ship. ■■ . -&. P- _3M*wta*V. Arthur Wilkinson, f orf A9 68.— Judgment for pkintiff by default. *■- Tunicliff v. Watty, for £25, amount of promissory note. Judgment for plaintiff by default. — ~ • , . -„.-..,*-..., A. Manson and Co. r. Murray.— Plaintiff apj plied for an: order tpjinprfeon defendant for ' one month, in the event of his not paying £7 10s in weekly instalmenta.of 7a 6d,. judgment for that amount having been given at Greymouth.; Mr Acton Adams, instructed by Messrs Guinness and Warner, of Gfeymouth, appeared for plaintiff. Order granted. - . . H. Stafford, .assignee, of William Stagg, v. Blanche.— Action for £8 3s 9d for meat supsupplied. Mr Fell appeared for plaintiff. Defendant having " put on his glasses" to examine the bill, submitted Stagg to a severe croaa-examination, the object of which was to elicit from him that he had already received the money for which he now sued. James Blanche, a worn-. I have always paid on Saturday nights for the meat I have had. Mrs Blanche: I have always paid as I got the -meatj except .fifteen jshillingsworth which is still owing. J A set-off of £3 Tls having been put in, judgment was given for M 12s 9d and ctats £1 Us, to be nayttn weekly instalmentsof 108. " *••-•- --1 Cook v. Kerr.— Action to recover i£3, £2 beingsthe value of acaJbE Jurchased by plaintiff from Mr Dimmock, which was wrongfully taken away by defendant, and £1 for one-day, • work, foe * matt aid horse going ,to Mr Dimmock's and back. Plaintiff had paid 25s into court. Mr Pitt appeared for plaintiff and Mr A. Adams for defendant. Tht question at iasue was the value of the calf, which had b«en taken without knowing it w»s Cook'a. Mr Kerr alleged that the calf was not wilfully taken by him. He didn t know a " breath About it" till the calf was dead [and gone. The calf had cost 15s, and a profit of 7s or 8s on it would have been very good. Hi* Worship thought a sufficient sum had been paid into court, and gave judgment for that amount, each party to pay his own costs. - -W-.-J«mms»-t? Stagg.— Action to recover £7* 3s; 6d for.. goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff with costs. .; IIACHKLDER. V. KKLSOK This was an action to recover j£3o "damages for breach of the defendant's contract to carry, the plaintiff and. five others, known as. the Bachelder 'Troupe, from the" Mauritius to Lyttalton, and to supply them while on the voyage with proper and sufficient provisions. lh« plaintiff further claimed, a3 special damage, the sum of £24, the cost of passage of himself and the others to Lyttelton. - : Mr Acton Adams appeared for -the plaintiff and Mr Fell fpr the defendant. .. Mr Adams having opened the'ease, called* '' J. M. Lord, who said : ; I 'am. the businessmanager of the Pantascope Company. ;-: We were at the Mauritius last September: Capfc Nelson, of: the Annie S. Hall, met ,-na i at the hotel, and after iom« talk we agreed to give him £140 for a saloon passage to Lyttelton. He was to get a.fe,w.sheepj ( nd [ pigg, and said he would find pl«nty^of.|^Bsb:.prqr&ions and make us perfectly- comfbrtable.-. We went on board on the last' day pf : August, and sailed on the 7th September! Nothing except what was wanted for daily use came on board until the last day, when- twelve- fowls,? three geese, and three turkeys were sent on board. There were no sheep or pigs,. The - fact was that he was in such a beastly state of intoxication that he could not attend to ;hiß business. There were twelve tins of milk, three four-pound tins of oatineak and; a few red herjings as luxuries. Tne flout was so dour that we could scarcely eat it. By using aome sort of baking powder we could -just make it palateabla. • When seven days out tb.9 captain stopped our allowance of fresh water for washing purposes. He had a bad leg himself, and used^ three buckets of water a day for bathing it. Ifo Vater was placed in the filter after - that. We ; started with one leg of mutton,-" which -was bo bad 'when Cooked that 1 we could hot eat it. That was all the fresh meat we had on board. The fowls began to sicken when we got into qold weather, and then he ordered some to be killed. They were full of matter and sores when killed, but he had them made into a pic, whiciv we and all on board refused to eat. The' oatmeal was good what there was of it. Tho : maize flour was as sour as the' wheaten? There was some molasses on board, but it was spoilt by a tar .barrel having. ; leaked. into it. The way the 'coffee, anitea" were Tnaxle * by keeping the ground* and> leaves in the kettles, and stewing them up day after day. r We were 49 days on. the voyage/. (The drieddish was the stuff used byijhe'niggersat Cape Town. ' It is never eatdn by-whiteTtrien.-'The captain called it American salmon." -The red. herrings were in a cask; ilt wan opened oh deck.and theherrings taken out: They were most, of them rott^a- ahd ; crawling^ ' witHmaggots. We offered him a sum of money to put in to Hobarton and leave U3 there, as we were all suffering from want : of good 'provisions, andjny.wif* was absolutely ill, and. ■ could scarcely eat & thing for three weeks. I Before starting my wife aaid ahe a bad sailor, aud asked if 'he have every * comfgrfr onboard.; He said— Yes, every thing; even to marmajade- and .jam;; ;TJ&ere was p'enty of fresh watw in the tankV when we arrived here, and yet he would riot let us use it. The first mat«. when we. arrived vr,ascovered with boils, the seamen also, and the second mate had to be sent to the hospital. The cook's hands and arm? were in suih a frightful state. from boils that; we refused to,, allow him to prepare our food", and my wife and Mr Chase did the cooking. .. -.. , Other evidence of a similar nature was given, Mr Bachelder's description of an " American hash," as served up on board the . Annie, being remarkably racy.. The captain, it appears, found fault with the hash on the ground that it was not rich enough, and wanted more grease. The cook was at his wits' ends to know where '-to get more grease, until at last a happy thought struck him. I He went to the slush tub, obtained therefrom the floating particles of. fat and grease, gave them a rinse or two in cold water, and so enabled him to make* the "American hash • more- respectable.' Thus did' mind triumph over matter, or rather the absence or it, and the captain got his favorite dish as he liked it. '■ '. ' ' ' ' The case was adjourned in order to allow the captain's evidence for the defence to be taken at Lyttelton.