SUPREME COURT.

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 93, 13 March 1847, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.

Before His Honor Chief Justice Martin. Civil Sittings. — Monday, Ist March, 1847. Wihtaker v. Halls. This action was brought for reeove»'n^ the sum of £46 clue on a promissory note. The defendant did not appear.— Verdict for full amount, interest, and co.sts. , The Attorney-General ? id Mt'.Conry for the plain-ifF. Same v. Same. Action for the sum of £40 due by promissory note. No defence beuig raised, verdict was given for fu'l amount,i>iterest, and costs. The Attorney-General and Mr. Corvy for plaintiff. The Attorney- Generpl moved for immediate execution to be issued, in support of which motion- he filed the affidavit of Francis Ring, to prove that the defendant w-s about to leave the Colony in the Barque Avoca for Valparaiso. Motion was granted, nd execution issued, accordhglyi * Graiiame and another v. Hart. Tli's wag an action brought by the Executors of the late Dudley Sinclair, Esq., to recover the amount of a Bill of Exchange, endorsed by defendant, for the sum of £180; two promissoiy notes, £20 each ; two ditto/ £18 each f and an I. O. U. for £?. — Verdict for the plaintiffs, £263, interest and costs. Mr. BarJey for the Plaintiffs, and Mr. Merriman for Defe idant. Atkttns v. Smith. Action brought to recover the sum of £50 Is. Id., for goods sold and delivered. The defendant did not appear, and verdict was given for amount claimed, with cos Is. The Attorney-General and Mr. Conry for Plahtifll ' Comrie v. M'Nair. Tl)uj"aetion— waft-brought to xeftOY«L ■ the sum of £27 Bs. claimed for rent and occupation of a house by defendant, ?nd for the education of one of defendant's children.— Verdict for the defendonl. Mr. Donnelly and Mr. Marston for Plaintiff; Mr. Merriman for Defendant.

Thursday, March 11.Before the Chief Justice and a Special Ju-rv, Solomok v. Webster. This action was brought to recover the sum of £1259 Os. lOd.; being the total amount of goods drawn by defendant upon the order of the plaintiff^ p noi»ithig to £489 Os. lOd., and £770 demurrage for 110 days detention of the Barque Strathisla, while taking in spars in the harbour of Kaipara, — "Verdict for the Plaintiff £315, for demurrage, with interest & costs. Mr. Merriiaan for the Plaintiff j the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. Bartley, and Mr. Corny for Defendant.

Friday, March 12. Before the Chief Justice and a Special Jury, Webster v, Solomon. This was an action to recover the sum of £1282, for spars and other goods sold and delivered to defendant. Verdict for Plaintiff, £997 17s. fid. Webster v. Solomon. This was an action of Trover brought by the plaintiff for the sum of £322, being the value of seventeen spars, the property of the plaintiff taken and converted to hia use by the defendant.—Verdict for the defendant. In this and the preceding cause, theAUorney-General, Mr. Bartley, and' Mr. Corny appeared for the Plaintiff, and Mr. Memman for the Defendant.