RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4377, 31 March 1875, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Tuesday, March 30. (Before J. C. Crawford, Esq., R.M.) DRUNK. . Two aggravated cases of drunkenness were’ met by the infliction of fines to the amount of 20s. and 10s. respectively, Margaret Xane and Michael Murphy being the offenders. VAGRANCY. Mary Bedford, an incorrigible vagrant, was committed for one calendar month. THREATENING LANGUAGE. Bridget Beard was charged with using threatening language towards her husband Wm. Beard. The complainant did not appear when called upon, but subsequently he arrived in hot haste, and requested his Worship to do something for him, as he felt sure that his wife would burn down his house at Ohariu. His Worship said the case had been called in its regular order, and it was no fault of his if the complainant allowed it to fall through from non-attendance. Beard said he was an ignorant man, and was not thoroughly up to the manner of conducting business in the court. His Worship recommended Beard to go to school again, and study punctuality, intimating at the same time that as Mrs. Beard had taken out a summons against her husband for illtreating her, he would yet have an opportunity of explaining his grievances by entering a cross action against her. Beard accepted the hint and withdraw. CIVIL OASES. J. E. Nathan v. T. Anslow.—Claim, £l6 135., for goods supplied. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant, who is under arrest on a charge of arson, obtained the goods from the plaintiff within the past mouth, and announced his inability to pay a few days after, at the same time offering a composition of 10s. in the pound, his liabilities amounting to £BSO as against £SOO worth of assets. Plaintiff stated that he intended proceeding against the defendant criminally, and had therefore brought the action as a preliminary step. Defendant, in his evidence taken at Wanganui, stated that the goods were bought upon four months’ credit, and that the money, therefore, was not due till Ike end of June. His Worship gave judgment for the amount claimed and costs, £2. - Twciiiy-Uirec cases against defaulting shareholders in the Titanic Steel Company were down for hearing, but most of them were settled out of court, and in the remainder judgment was given for the amount claimed and costs.