RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—TOLOGA BAY.
October 25th. [Before Capt. Preece, Esq., R.M.] This day the Court was opened at 9 a.m., and was busily engaged in the settlement of civil cases. Mr Rees and Mr Turton represented the bar, Mr Nolan having returned to Gisborne the previous evening after the withdrawal of the momentous riot cases of Tokomaru for which he had been retained. There were numerous racy passages of ' arms between counsel and parties in causes, who preferred to represent themselves. Th© I truth of the adage that a “ truth lies at the bottom of a well” was often illustrated. As ! usual, Mr Mullooly had by far the lion’s share, paying the piper : out of tho 33 cases Mr M. had 11 as plaintiff. For probably the fifth or sixth time, the 3,800 posts, part of the estate of the late Alexander Bowler were before the Court. Verily these posts would require to have been worth their weight in gold to have stood such an ordeal of judgment. On this ouoasion Mr Mullooly sued Mr John Trimmer, and got judgment for £2O ofid. Mr Trimmer intimated hk intention of appealing in this case. The intricacies of this post case bids fair to rival in ligitativo interest any chancery cause, that for instance of Jamdyce v. Jarndyce. Later in the afternoon, Mr Mullooly sued Henry Trimmer for a large sum for some of these posts which Mr H. Trimmer had taken from the beach at Kipene, where they all lay. Mr Rees for Mr Trimmer. After the production of voluminous documents and correspondence with the Public Trustee, the Court announced that it at lust had a clear insight into this intricate case, and that Mr Mullooly had no interest in these posts beyond the £22 7s, which he hud paid to Mr purston in satisfaction of Perston's lieu for labor in splitting the posts. Had the Court known whut would be brought- forward in tho present case, it would not have given judgment in the case against John Trimmer over that amount, In the present case judgment would be given for the dwfeudunt* with POBttii
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1187, 28 October 1882, Page 2
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354RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—TOLOGA BAY. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1187, 28 October 1882, Page 2
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