RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3534, 23 April 1880, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THIS DAY. (Before H. Kenrick, Esq., R.M.) Judgment for Plaintiffs. brassey v. hipepene. Claim £13 14s, professional attendance. Defendant did not appear. Judgment consequently went by default. MABSHALL V. DUIBCOIL Mr Brassey for plaintiff, whose claim Was £10, for goods. Judgment went by default. 80UTER V. GRIFFITHS. In this case Mr Miller appeared for the plaintift, and applied for an adjournment, on account of the severe indisposition of the plaintiff; who was 'in bed. This was granted. MCGINN T. PERRY & WIGHT. The amount claimed in' this case was paid into Court. Disputed Case. partington v. o'keefe. Mr Dodd appeared for the defendant. The plaintiff stated that his claim was for 10s, the balance of his account for work done for O'Bryan and O'Keefe. The account was sent in to the former, who paid £1 on the account. ' Afterwards ■he went away, when the account was applied for to O'Keefe, whom plaintiff looked i upon as O'Biyan's partner. However, as the plaintiff failed to prove that a partnership existed between the parties at the time the debt was incurred, the plaintiff was nonsuited, and the case consequently dismissed. A NATIVE CASE. H. T. ROWE V. HEREWI TE MOANANUI. Mr Brassey appeared for the plaintiff and applied for an adjournment for a fortnight, in order to procure more evidence. This was granted. ■■-'■' CASE STRUCK OUT. VAUGHAN V. BROWN. This case was struck put owing to the non-appearance of either, party. Judgment Summons, tuck y. newman. This was a case to show why the defendant failed to comply with a judgment summons compelling him to pay the sum of £8 18s The defendant was called, but hi showed such an utter want of business knowledge that it was with the utmost difficulty that satisfactory answers could be extracted. His statement went however to show that since the summons had been issued, he had been in a position to pay. The Court made an order of 10s a. week. This concluded the-business.