RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. (Before H. W. Northoroft, Esq., R.M., and W. F. Hunt, Esq., J.P.) Tuesday, August 18, 1885.

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RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. (Before H. W. Northoroft, Esq., R.M., and W. F. Hunt, Esq., J.P.) Tuesday, August 18, 1885.

i Civil Cases. Trustees in J. F. (Jocks' estate V, Wm. Clotworthy. Counsel for plaint tiffs, Mr H«y, applied for art adj mrnr ment for a fortnight, which Was granted. Smith and Seddon v. Thos. Hood i Claim £5 14s 7d for goods supplied. - Defendant appeared and cdhfessed judgment for the amount \ costs lOs. Execution was stayed at the request of defendant for a fortnight. Smith mid Seddon v. E. Read. Mf Hay, solicitor, for plaintiffs i Claim £1 14s dd for goods supplied. Geo. Burke, sworn : Stated he waa bookkeeper for Smith and Seddon, Tef ! Aroha. Defendant was indebted to* plaintiffs to the amount of £1 14s 9d for meat supplied. Witness stated that it was distinctly by agreement that tbd goods were to be oharged to Miss Read's i account, the firm having refused further credit to her father. Samuel Seddon, swdrn i Stated ha j was one of the proprietors in fche firm of Smith and Seddon ; but knew nothing with respect to the merits of the easel in question. Eliza Read, sworn 1 Stated she had always done the marketing artd shopping for their house .as her mother wm not able to get about ; she was also in thg habit of paying accounts standing in her father's name. Never understood from Mr Burke that she w»a responsible for her father's debts \ was not in % position to be responsible for them. Never gave Bnrke any authority whatever to charge the goods to her parson-* ally. In reply to Mr Hny : Was not aware 1 her fsithei's credit had been stopped* Never had any eonversatirn with lief Father as to liis ero lit being stopped. Her father had never asked her to get goods in her name In reply to His Worship : Never afi any time lei Burlc to believe she g<>; t'nd i^nods for herself ; always did the shopping at all the stores for the house. Joseph Road, sworn : Stated he w»» the ht>\w of last witness. The acofcants wtMf paid by his daughter on his atfconnt and on his credit. In reply to Mr Hay : His danehter" always pud hi* hons" «ccounts out of his earnings. His daughter was a dress* maker, and when lie was short of vcinrtef assisted tr> pay for the house-kenping. Bnrko never told him he would supply his daus-hter, nor did he ever ask him to do so. In reply to His Worship : No other' firm had ever charged his daughter in a like manner. Judgment for deferidant. Their Worships stating they considered it was the 5 father who ought to have been sued, an 4 not the daughter. Plaintiff to pay costs of Court and 3s 6i\ expenses to Miss Bead. Smith and Seddon t. Jos. Read. Mr Hay, solicitor, for plaintiffs } Claim £d 4s for goods supplied. Defendant appeared arid confessed judgment, and said he had been unable to pay the amount having been a long time without any work. Judgment for the amount with co=?t3 of Court 10?, and professional efotta 2 Is.

Criminal (X*sbs.- ♦ U. Mackio v. Sntith and Seddon i Offence' " Failing to keep a slaughterhouse and the premises connected there-* with lit a cleari state 1 arid cledir front offensive matter, to* wit,- Smith ami Seihlon's slaoghtet-house^ Ttf Arohn." Mr Sc(d»lon appectved o\i hehalf of d«fendants awd pleadefd gniltj, promising to hare the premise's kept clean, anil stated they wmld t>e, leaving tKe slaughter- house referred to altogether m the 1 course of a few iteeksy «inkt eotrtplained that the course of the creek had been* turned more than! dnoe> itiferebjr the/ were trnahte to* htitp the 1 J/remises nisi clean as> they other #ise' rfbttid bate douy. Their Worships dismissed the, case 1 wi+h m c«utbr>, defendants io pi»y 25» costs.