RESIDENT MAGISTRAE'S COURT.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRAE'S COURT.

[Before J. Poynter, Esq., Resident ■• Magistrate.] . WEBN,|SJSAY,, .NoyjBMBE,R5 £ l^i:;i) };.-,;,;; , Thomas Alpori v. Benjamin Lusty., , # % £fy t} xe. value of a calf, the property of|co9ipla. n.f^»;'^' cl?' was found running on the liMsr at' t'^' ''b^'CK of -defendant's'hous^"""1 """'"""^'""" ■.-'.«.■.•••>--•■-•••■•'■•-■•"•«■>■■-■■ Thomas.j^,lpovt; (who appeared for Mi "s- AJpp.rt, r the complainant,, her husband'having;. ;^ rt th?. 'cb'lo'Hy) s^orri,:-' iioista-'steer calf,fsfrawberV 1 and'branded'Abu^the near l'-unip1, and)hear,/! pf its <. being seen on Mr. Lusty's, land,', ; ' : .. V,'...V.,, •' ■ ■ -;: Cross-examined : The 'calf belonged, to me h «forei •■ Henry .Alportjeft the colony.^, Tije,property, -was;' assigned to 'me hefqre my son left* '(The deeiJ -.ofassignment was handed,; to thQcanagfetrate for in- I spection.) ...;u! ■; ;:■:;;; : ■'"■''l

His Worship said'there was not sufficient evi^. deiice i.proiducecl ~by the plaintiff ta warrant '& decision in hisfavor;; on the«ontrary,"it vVas quite■•',' evident that this assignment had been ni'ade over, to the father for thd purpose of defrauding?the ere-; ditors, as was too often the case by persons Similarly circumstanced in this colony^ j 2eii shillings being the full amount oi the assighTnetiiiroi^thie v\vhole; of the property! ~ ;:,f' .'.'. ',; :;..-, Alfred Alport sw.qvn: Kn6w^thS.ca]?4n question. Searched'for'it'ahd'fbuiidlt op Mi'.,liustv'a ground. Demanded it, and' was ,r£f,iis(s : d.';. He' told me he would see me .... ~,./'.' .f^rsV,^ ;'".■'.' , : ; , ~: •, ; By the Magistrate": The <3alf fornierly;belonged;' to,,ray brother. -. Recollect,^the assignqient being"1 made; think it vvasaftetUie^^euvitheilagistrates'; Court,...had;, been decided, against ihim'.sbme time since. . */>■■ jfi--. \'-:.-> :. ..- ./r.;.- {■■■: :r. ;' " The Magistrate, in dismissing ithe case/Said t hat i lafiaudi had! been ■co'ihmitted.'i. For the Fake of a nominal sum (10s.) the properiy'hM been given away; and under these circumstaaces he should dismiss the.>ca'se,;'''the coiiiplaih'ant'ito pay costs. Mr. Kingdon, fdtthti'cbmplainan^said he should proceed against the. defendaut crimiua'lly. ' !

I' ' the toiirt ['.oji'trte, SlsitiO^qb'ei", £md,,resumecl } this day, and j after' conversation,pf,-'up,^ntere^tJft.ihe; reader, the Magistrate gave jiidgicnen't,' viz!, JSS, the value1 of lytheij.huljpck..-.-,.-;;.. iA ;;,, V/ t'-: : : ~. ■ :"• iniio::/ ;;;!•>:3 ' William.Jlavimessiiyi'] 'Mugh Martin, for £20, for use of;;a ; ;bullock .belpn'ging :tol plaintiff. T;he bullock was sold by auction\in September, 1856, and has been in possession -of defendantl ever since. To!recoy.er.,ss.::pev:>v£ek,for his keep. ; !, t! l\|r.., J (3onneil appeared for plaintiff, andii'fMi'A -Kingdon for defendant. ' ,; , f .. v ;.. y j \ L/Wv'Harkrtess swoi^n-:■''!AtiJ.' pliinfifr'iatliislactioh'l >and,liva in Riohmbncl Jhliprodjutse* the deed of is'w ';sig;nnient fr.onijMontague/Ellisf! dated' Mtli'-'^tiiy:^ 1856; produce also a list of the stock assjgned,'^iid:' the bullock,1 bra'Misd in^'uestfiori/- The butloclcy -was sold bythe;:^rust«es.tpjr:;the;b^uefi^pf.th^i^i>edt-''| ■V%:d'r^•/!"Ellft•lTadinbbV^nd : 6^h'^a^6^yrij':bhld one belong^'ifngito a;Charles';Woi!l HVas bori:o\Vedj \yiiich Was ; i ustid^p'side do *vfa;' ■ Found ; tlije bullock'aft^rvyarids: in' Mr; Martin& pos&ession abbut Jiily'last* 'dfemaitded ■possession, which was not.co-mplied with.: ] lt , pi!Qss;exaniinefV_:.,.)Vas/,de:njed,posses i sipn .ofshini'" ir"in "Aug'iist I"asl:,and'|slced'osp^ caitiriot i Bay wh^f'lfff'^h'rtiti's1 'aiiswer 'vvasl' 'j' knew iiej ; Jhad tliQ :^ee.n^^in:his 4eainj jwijtliin [ the 4t«slt }-tyfo?^ofitlk j\';>y6hV;ia' jo^,

seeing it in his team. Never advertised it, after inquiry-for it. When I saw it on Martin's ground 1 came on to Nelson, applied to Air. Ellis to know where the bullock was; was never told the bullock had been given in charge. ' "?, Re-examined: I paid for the bullock in questioi?; Charles Walker -sworn: Am a-farmer residing at Stoke; remember Mr. Harkness telling me had lost a bullock, and asked me to show himoncsthat used to be called Ellis's bullock ;, I branded;the bullock for Ellis; I showed Harkriessr'tlie bullock 'in Miv Martin's ground about a yeai' and'a half ago; had seen it before that time in Mr. Martin's possession; it has been on his groundever since it^ Had been'a calf. Have' seen "the" bulloclTair work" 'for Mr..'Powjck,'but cannot say'it waS [working for 'Mi1:-Martin 1; it was'a poley millddk. 1 * f ~-;:Cro3s-examined: It was a year-and a^half-agc that I showed it to Harkness. .Since J.branded it Jife has been running constantly 'orf' Mi*. Martin's "ground. '/ ' ' ' ■'•*-•• . John Cundy sworn: I live at Stoke, and am a laborer, know a bullock called Ellis's bullock, i: |pr .. ~fche lasfc. five years; it' is:ja poley bullock branded V |W ojii the off-side. \JOr|Martin lent it to'aiMp.;' ■ Powiciß |(WO years agp. | Another bullock was ' lent to Mr. Powick at the'same time, called-Star. .. Mr. f Kingdon, for the defendant, contended 1 tih^i'e'; was nofcase to proceed with, and proceeded "to'cali f Martin, w^ho i -b,eing|woi''ttt fattfril rejcejf^d th.c bjill6ck iia que^ti^|iwn|l^ JlUis and,. hi§ son Charles about five'years agb^'Kept it ; up'to^' !i; witlun the last eigliteen months, when I parted, ..iSp'M it; it now belongs to my son. rv *'pf.. broke it in. Never saw it advertised, and rid'de-1 [niandvwas made-fir ittuntil tljej: present time. A *few weeks since 'T !mfe't JMr." flarkness, and lie told me I had a. bullock belonging to him, meaning one of Mr. Ellis's bullocks; told him I had parted with^th^t'oneisbnTJqtitiie since. | ' T. 0.. Batcheldr sworn: Received £6 for the bullock, and ,that jjte my signature produced^; a creditor of Ellis1", never saw" one halfpenny, jbu^ ; twouldihaye beeq;glao| tg;have seen some. ! " 'I\-. '"■ "Andrew" Henders6ri,' sworn: Recollect a bullock,, Mm vMartinfc-'possession, branded CW; helped t'o^ break it in about two years and a half ago. ; rp . ~ rf ;This cloßedithe-!CaS6i6v;the:ide|enc^ iMft Eing-; >%6ri said He^iioultfidk-hii'Vorship^'el^fet giving a judgment4n4he case, as he had not had sufficient »' titaeto pay;that attention to the case it deserved"• he wouldproduce facts that would throw a different light on the .nia^tex. ~.-,.>, „ \ Ji'io t :-'l^Mmili MMtofaM® brouglit on the charge of ~drunkemjess,.. P! lmprisoned forty-eight hours,yfojO Being a nuisance to the public. \