MAGISTRATE'S COURT. YESTERDAY. (Before Major Keddell, S.M.)

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8168, 24 April 1895, Page 1

MAGISTRATE'S COURT. YESTERDAY. (Before Major Keddell, S.M.)

CIVIL CASES. Wm. Grant v. Alfred Slater, claim L 9 5s Id ; judgment by default for the amount claimed, with 8s cos 8. Georgo Henry Cox v. .John Ross, claim i(issd; judgment by default for amount claimed, witli 12s costs. M'Callum and Co. v. Michael OBrien, claim LV.) IDs 5d ; judgment by default for amount claimed with 15a costs. 0. W. Vall.moe v. Chas Clark, claim 1,10 15s Od ; judgment by default wi h LI Ui-i (id costb. Mr Harvey for plaintill". Bank of Now Zealand v, E E. Hard* ing, claim LB2 11s lid. Mr Newton for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed with L 4 11s (5d costs. George Henry Cox v. Henry Aston, claim L 2 18s lO^d for meat supplied ; judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed with 12s costs. J. 11. Milligan and Co. v. Thomas Patorson, claim LI Hi 3d ; judgment for amount claimed by consent with os costs. Stmui'l Edward Shrimski v. George Bruce, claimed LlO value of a retriever dog in the possession of the defendant, and L 5 d-imagcs, or the restitution of the dog. Mr Harvey appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Crawford for defendant. Mr Crawford askod for an adjournment which was opposed. Mr Crawford said ho would Uo satisfied if an adjournment were granted after houring the plaintiff's cuso. Tho pltintiff went <>n wiih his case, and Mr llai'voy c tiled Peter Connor, who said ho gavo a brown retriever pup, born m Decombci',^lB93, to Mr A. Avery. Avery's dog was tho father of tho dog. He gave Mr Avery tho doi» in February, 1894. To Mr Crawford : Tho Uog ho gave to Mr Avery would now bo 1(> or 17 months old. James Connor said he took last year a biown rotriovor pup from his house to Mr Avery's Alfred Avery s*id iho pup ho gob from Connor ho gnvo to Mr Shrimski whon ho was still a pup, and had not seen him since. 8. X, Shrimski said ho got a pup from Mr Avery, and kept him till ho let his house, when he «u'o him to Messrs Hodge and Jones ; but on deciding to remain in Oamaru, he got the dog back. About the 10th of January of this year he lost tho dog, and ndvirlised for him. On tho 4th of February ho fviw tho dog again, in Tyne Sireet, and he called him by namo, and ho oamo Id him. Mr Hodge tied the dot; up. Mr Bruce came in and asked him what he was doing with the dog, and he told him it was lm, anl ho had better take proceedings to recover it. Bruce baid ho Died tho dog, and then that ho got him as a pup, and that ho had lost him for eight months. Plaintiff took the dog to tho police station, but Bruce nevor claimed him. Ho took the dog to Grant's, where ho was recognised by Grant's boy. When )u took the dog homo tho dog went to tho newspaper box to tnko tho paper out as he had been taught, and was accustomed to do. Ho tied tho dog up. Next day he went to Duuediu, and on returning tho following day, his wife said something to him, and he instructed his solicitor to take action against three persons The dog remained in his possession till tho 3rd of this month. Mr Bruce had never taken any action to net the dog, bu' on ihu 3rd of the month the dog went away, and he

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