RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
(Before H. M'Culloch, Esq., R.M.) Campbelltown, Saturday, 20th Apbil. M'Michael v. Wilson. — This was a case of disputed ownership of a house, occupied by the defendant. Mr Matthews appeared for the plaintiff. The plaintiff's case, as stated by himself, and supported by the evidence of his mother, was flatly contradicted by the defendant, and a witness whom he called. The defendant gave an amusing recital of the various wrongs he considered he had suffered at the hands of the plaintiff. Among other things he said that he had lost his wife, and after tramping over half the couutry in search of her, he came home and found her living with the plaintiff, disguised in his clothes, and with her hair cut short like a man's. So complete was the change in her appearance that he did not know her at first. His Worship, after commenting on the flat contradictions presented by the evidence as given by each party, said it was quite plain that there was an old grudge existing between them, and dismissed- the case, accompanying the dismissal, however, with a caution to the defendant.
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Southland Times, Issue 1568, 23 April 1872, Page 3
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189RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Southland Times, Issue 1568, 23 April 1872, Page 3
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