RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3073, 20 December 1878, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

_—__« —.— THIS DAY. . (Before Colonel Fraser, EM.) CIVIL SIDE. Judgments job Plaintiffs. In the following cases judgment was given for the plaintiffs with costs:—W. S. McCormick v. Murphy—Claim £1, cash lent, and costs 19s. Brassey v. McDowell—Claim £3 ss, balance of account, and costs 9s. Judgment Summons, townsend v. maingat. Claim £1 Bs. Plaintiff said defendant had offered to ■ pay 7s 6d down and the balance in a month, but he declined to accept it as it was out of his hands. Order- made on terms of defendant's offer, failing, to undergo one month's imprisonment in Mount fiden.. Defended Cases. ■ chablton v. bubninoham. '.: Ciaim £10, for damage done by defendant's steamer to a boat, the property; \of plaintiff. Mr, ... Miller for plaintiff, and Mr Brassey , for defendant. \ It appeared the defendant bad brought \-the steamer near the Bank to give a letter .to Charlton, and accidentally run down Chariton'sbfOat. - His Worship recommended the parties to try to settle the case between them. v.\ s The plaintiff agreed to take £4, for , which judgment was given, with costs £3 ,2s; .. .-■■■' Court adjourned.