RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1818, 30 October 1874, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THIS DAT. (Before W. Fbasik, Esq., 8.M.) LUNACY. Thomas John Cutts alias Potts was brought up on remand charged with being of unsound mind. The case was remanded from yesterday for the medical examination of Uutts. The certificate having been read, he was discharged. civillipe. J. W. SEAW V. PHILM* WAHBEtf. This was a claim of £515s 6d for goods supplied. Defendant made no appearanct, and on plaintiff bring examined as to the debt, judgment was given for the amount claimed with costs. DEFEBEED CASES. J. Foss r. T. Millett—a claim of £1 16s 4d—plaintiff did not appear—caw adjourned to the 6th.November; same t. Daniel Tye—a claim of 16s—no appearance of plaintiff—adjourned t» the same date; same r. John Maher—a claim of £9 19s od—defendant was advised to make arrangements with plaintiff; same v. J. Diamond—a claim of £4 2s 2d—no appearance of plaintiff— —adjourned for a week. JAMES CLAEKE V. JOHN MAHEB. This was a claim of £4 10s 4d for goods. Defendant admitted the debt, but pleaded that he was not in a position to pay more than 2s 6d per week. Plaintiff said defendant had promised to pay him as soon as he got his cows in. Ho wished the Court to make an order for a reasonable sum per week. His Worship informed the plaintiff that he had no power to do so accord* ing to the new Act. .

BHEENFEIED ?803. V. Hi.BY HOCK4K. This was a claim of £10 7a. for gocds. Mr. Tyler for plaintiff; Mr. Doddfor defendant.

The defendant put in a plea of corer* ture. ' , ;

Mary Hogan deposed that she was wife to P. W. Hogan, married in Auckland, at the Roman Catholic Church, in 1858. Her husband was alire, in New South Wales.

Cross-examined by Mr. Tyler—l know my husband is alive by the last letter I received six months ago. I got the letter either in April or May. I know h« was living at the time. I never thought he was dead. I don't deny owing the money, but not all. The discount haw to be deducted. /■,'■..

In answer to His Worship defendant said she had never told Mr. Ehrenfrid she was a married woman because he never asked her. , . ■ /

Plaintiff nonsuited without costs. JEBfiMIAH CBAMPTON V. & BOGEBB.

This was a claim of £8 4s 8d for wages. Plaintiff had been employed jointly by defendant and some others, shareholders in a claim at Tapu. ■•jsjL:« His Worship »aid plaintiff coultFnofc recover from one of the shareholders. It had always been held that the summons should contain the names of all, when it was admitted that there wavmore than one.

Mr, Macdonald, for plaintiff, thought differently. He considered it unneoes* sary to state more than that the defendant was liable jointly with others. He had taken a case of the kind into the District Court on that assumption, as the names of the parties were not even known.

His Worship aaid he would hear th« evidence. r .

George Rogers : That he with others hud been a shareholder in a claim called the Bullion, at Tnpu. He had a copy of a letter in which ho had declined any further interest in the claim.

His Worship told defendant lie should have reg'stcred his 1 abandonment in the Warden's Court.

Witness said Mr. Cr&mpton had received no appointment as manager since the document of agreement between the shareholders had been drawn up. He was appointed Secretary, but there had been no-agreement to pay him £1 a week. That would havo been too much-for a secretary and treasurer. Knew nothing of Crampton being sent up to Grahnmstown on the business ot the claim. Knew nothing of candles being bought on account of claim. The mine had been worked from July to sth September last, when witness man was discharged. Had not been wonted J. Crampton deposed that he knew the shareholders in , the Bullion Claim at Tapu. Mr. Rogers was one. Witness was sent from the Thames as manager. Mr. Kelly employed him. He was to receive £2 to represent Kelly's share and £1 a t week to act as secretary, to be made up by the other shareholders. He receJMd £1 a week for one week and threexlays. £6 were now owing to him. He paid Stephenson Bs. Bd. for candles for the mine. He paid 15s. to Hawkes far candles and implements to work the mine. He had charged one gumca for two week's expenses when he had been on business for the ■kareholders The whole sum claimed was for £8 4s. Bd. By defendant: I was appointed manager oftheclaimbysixof the ■h"^*"* * was appointed to carry on the work of the mine. Work has been carried on since the sth of September, for fourteen d»ys. Every shareholder has been served with a copy of the balance-sheet. I have received money on accoiint of my salary from Mr. Bell. He said nothing * His Worship told defendant he should abandon his share if he did not wish to be liable. He appeared to occupy the position of a dog in the mangerCharles Bell, a shareholder in the Builion, deposed that he knew nothing of Mr. Crampton being appointed manager, Mr. Kelly's share had been misrepresented for seven days, and the shareholders agreed that Mr. Crampton could come ot to do the extra work. -Everything^had gone wrong since he had anything to do with it. Defendant said they wanted the ground sold, and if it had not been for the present action, it would have been sold. His Worship said if the claim was not sold within a fortnight he should mike it his business to instruct the Mining Inspector to re-enter the ground and let the public have it. An action had been brought in the Warden's Court for a dissolution of the partnership which defendant had opposed successfully, and now he complained that the others would not sell. . „,,.. Mr. Bell thought it would be better to have the claim squashed up, as it would then go to one or the other. His Worship reserved his judgment. Court adjourned.

It' is not our fault that we arc redheaded and' small, and the next time one of those over-grown rural roosters in a ball-room reaches down for our head, and suggests that som« fellow has lost a rosebud out of his button-hole, there will be trouble.—-Milwaukee Sentinel. Wbstebn Sama.bita.ns.—A t EvansTille, Indiana, recently, a man fell into a ditch on the •utskirts of the town, in such a manner that h« was unable to extricate himself. A kind-hearted pedestrian helped him to his feet, and after the thing had been accomplished our hero said, 14 All right—hie—l'll Tote for you." The ifcraneer looktd at him doubtfully, and wished to know what for. "Wha' office yerunnin'for?" "I? None at all, wai the answer. " Not a candidate ? " No; why ? " " Why—he—why ? - Cause I don't know as any man d—hie—help notheras you did'thout being a candidate !" _, -t One Dog Communicates Good News to Anotheb—ln the Fall of 1861, my son, Sidney G , entered the Federal army, leaving behind him two favorite dogs, both of whom greatly lamented his absence. He was soon captured by the enemy and held a prisoner until the spring of 1862, when he was exchanged, and on returning to his command, came back to the old homestead m the country, in Bellinger County, Mm**"l-, 5° th the dogs happened to be 300 yards trom the house, barking at a squirrel up a tree. After seme time, however, the smaller one became tired and came to the house, the large one remaining at the tree. The little fellow came bounding into the room where his young master, who had been so long absent, was sitting, and recognised him and, of course, had quite a taking on over him. The pleasure of once more meeting his kind master was too great to be enjoyed all alone, so he quickly turned his course in the direction of his companion in the woods, and in full speed iuade his way to the tree, and commumcated to the large dog the iact ot his voungi»aster's arrival home; when, in an lnitanff both dogs where making for the house with all their might, the larger one, who had remained at the tree, taking the lead, and nohslacking his speed until he bounded* iato>3 room were Sidney was. The itrange part of the story consists la tht fact that the small dog not only communicated to the large one the fact that Sidney had come, but in some way told him the identical room in which he would find him, as he ran round the house and in at the very_ door where Sidney w*s S^ng, without ever SlSikißg the circuit.-St. Lows Giobe.