RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
(Before I. Newton Watt, Esq., R.M.) MONDAY, I3th AUGUST, 1866. Isaac Broad was charged with neglecting to keep his chimney clean, so that it caught fire on the 4th instant. Sergeant Shury deposed that on the 4th August, from information he received, he went to defendant's premises in Taystreet. Defendant told him his chimney had been on fire, but that it had been recently swept. Could not get into the house to look at the state of the chimney as the door was locked. A witness proved that the chimney had been on fire. Mr Harvey, on behalf of defendant, contended that the case had not been proved as it had not been shown that the chimney was foul. A chimney might catch fire from other causes than foulness, and he was instructed that the chimney in this cases was perfectly clean. The Resident Magistrate said he was of opinion that the taking fire of chimney was prima facie proof of its foulness, and if it took fire from any other cause, it was easy for the defendant to prove it. Fined 405., and costs 5s 6d:
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Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 541, 15 August 1866, Page 2
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190RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 541, 15 August 1866, Page 2
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