CIVIL SIDE.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3328, 22 August 1879, Page 2

CIVIL SIDE.

Judgment fob Plaintiffs. T. Veale v. E.H. Power—Claim, £2 3s sd, goods, and costs 19s. Marshall v. JEnee bone—Claim, £5, goods, and costs 10s. Wilson v. Shepherd—Claim, £9 8s goods, and costs 13s. Judgment Summonses, bose v. hapbbiwi. Claim, £12 12s Bd. . Mr Brassey for plaintiff, and Mr Dodd for defendant. Defendant on being examined deposed that he owned certain property but had not paid the debt. He had lately had a house built at Ohinemuri at a cost of £52, and had bought cattle. The reason he had not paid the plaintiff was because he had given Mr Mcllhone an 1.0.XJ. for the debt, he stating he had acquired the debt from the piaintiff. W. Hose, sworn, denied transferring the dsbt to Mcllhone. Never signed a document transferring the debt. Mr Mclihone deposed that he bad obtained a transfer of the native's debt from Hose, and produced a document transferring the debt, purporting to be signed by Kose. The document was not stamped, and to obtain its admission into evidence it was fined £5 aud the cost of the stamp. His Worship said he would make no order. It was evident that either Mr

Rose or Mr Mcllhoue had committed perjury. i JOHK o'bEIBK V. P. MIiLON.

Claim £4> 15s, rent. Plaintiff deposed, that he owned two houses, and had let one to defendant fora friend named Mrs Rowley. He looked to defendant for the rent, and not to Mrs Kowley. Defendant denied becoming responsible for the .rent,* and his evidence was corroborated by Mrs Rowley. Plaintiff non-suited. JOHNSTON V. CABB.

Claim, £3 14s, wages. Mr Dodd appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Miller for defendant.

Defendant deposed he had endorsed an order for £3 14s (order produced). The plaintiff deposed he was a bushman, and received the order on account of work he had done for Adamson, who had a contract in connection with the Thames River Sawmill^ The defendant had promised to pay the money a few dayß after the signing of the document. The defence was that defendant's father was responsible for the debt. His Worship non-suited plaintiff without costs.

GILIAN V. MCEAE. Claim, £7 12s 6d, board and lodging, etc. Mr Miller for plaintiff, and Mr Dodd for defendant. The evidence of the plaintiff wag to the effect that Mcßae owed him some money, and gave him an order on Harvey for it. Harvey had not paid, and he consequently sued Mcßae. ,

The defendant deposed that since the signing of the order he had paid various sums, and was certain he did not owe plaintiff more than £2. Judgment was given for. plaintiff for £5, and costs £117s. IATJGHI/AJI V. MCCOBMACK. Claim, £7 10s rent of land, at Ohinemuri. After hearing the evidence, His Worship nonsuited plaintiff with costs £117s. s (The case Gordon v. Gordon was adjourned till Monday next). Court adjourned. *