RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 11, 14 September 1867, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

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WKIGLEY V. MC.M I LI.AN. Adjourned to October 7, at reqnest of . . plaiutiff. Claim for £11 2s 2d, for Ilrick work done to a building. Adjourned hea'ring. William llatigan, eal'.ed by defendjrt, staled tliat plainiift" bad offered lo hui! ' • chimney for £5. Soine days "after, cl.imney was not finished and plaiutiff that he wonld not do anything more t chimney as he liad done enougli lor £5. To defendaut, witness worked six days and a lialf. at 7s a day. Verdict for plaiutiff for 14s DJ above the aniount paid ihto'Court. JOMNSON V. KL'SSICI.T . Ulalrn for £9 14» lid. --- » Judgment for plaintifF. johnson v. joiinsox. Claim for £l 71 for ineet supplie 1 Juu^mant tor plaiutiff 12s 3d, and costs. IvIRK V. FATLKXKR. Claim for £2 10s, value Of a pig. Kohert Kirkvplaiijtiff. deposed to having purclia.-ed a sow wliicli was, as lie «ai!, 0|3 ' confined 'a short time ago. lie bst tbe*~ ^ sow lor a fortuiglit, and foimd l.er in defendants' stv. Defnanded tlie pig niu! n» nfusal to dcliver, cl'aimed tlie aniount sued tl'r' WJames Koller deposed to the ideniity of ihe pig. A. Warbrick also identilied t'ie pig claimed as oue belonging to j.laintifF. George Faulkner, defendant, -claimed tlie r fW pig becaqse he got it from his brother, .md * led it up since it was a yoipig one sixt"en inontha before. lie kept it in tlie sty for (our montlis, an l then l,;t it ont. Ai.mt six montlis after, saw it in Mr Duly's pigstye, wlience he took him awav. It rau tor " % so ne time, and lie lo>t siglit of it until about a fortnight previous to the aetion m wlien plaintifl claimed it. Jarvis Faulkner was called to corroborate this evidence but failed to identifv tlie pig. Judgment f.n- plaiutiff. Defeiidant to ^ [■;& give up the pig, or pay the airiount sued for. johnson v. wlielan. Claim for £1 19s 7|d, Butchers Bill. Adjonrned to next Court day. JOHNSON V. FOLEY. Claim for £14 15s 4d. Defendant pl'eaded a sst o.Tot 15 19^ 31, the ifems of wliicli were i.ivestigHted. £2 5s set off was allowed. J udgruent for £ 1 1 16s 4d. cann v. cuotty. Claim for £10 10s for illegal detention of * ^ a horse. Plaiutiff depcsed that he puichased a horte in May 1865, wliicli was lost in tlie August lollowing and licdid not see it again until Saturdav last in pcssession of cietendant. He t alled two witi.essc-s, fcerjeant 11 oisfoid, and George Dai wiu, who spoke to ihe i denlity cf Ihe horse with one then outside the Court. Defendant said tliat he had j unhased the aniinal troin a native nanied Petei for £5. 1'eter, interpreted by Mr. Waitrick, com lirmcd this statement.