DEFENDED CASES.
W. BOUSE Y. THOMAS MANNING. A claim for £32 10s, wages due for working in a claim at Owharoa. Mr Miller appeared for the plaintiff and Mr Brassey. for the defendant. The plaintiff deposed he had been working for the defendant in the Smile of Fortune claim at Owharoa, at the rate of £2 10s per week. He had been engaged by Oatie the manager of the claim to work the defendant's share, but when he applied to defendant for money he told him he had none to give him, but if he sold some land at Parawai he would pay him. He never applied to the manager for wages, for it was for the defendant he had been working. A. Porter, director of the Smile of Fortune, said the defendant was lessee of the mine and battery -for two years from January last. He was present when Bouse made a claim for money from Manning, but the latter said he had no money, but admitted the liability. . Thomas Manning deposed he had not engaged the plaintiff, and although he and others were lessees of the mine and battery he was not expected to put on a man to represent his sixth share. He was liable for a sixth of the other men's wages. There were six men in the lease — .Oatie, senr. and junr., Devin, Syms, and witness' son.
Hii Worship gave judgment for the amount claimed* W. J. ADLAM V. HAEBA TE MIMIHA. Claim for £30 10s, goods supplied. The plaintiff deposed that the goods were obtained by the defendant and another native. When the defendant came for the goods he produced an order signed by Mr John Gibbons, and Mr E. W. Puckey accompanied the men. The charges were fair. The defendant was examined and admitted his liability ' for half the amount. Judgment was given for half of the whole amount with costs. M'COBMICK V. WEIAS AND BHADYThis was a claim for £20. the value of a horse injured by the defendants. It appeared that-Wells hired the horse for Brady to take him to Coromandel, bat after doing the journey the horse died from the injuries it is alleged it received; [Left sitting.]
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3659, 17 September 1880, Page 2
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368DEFENDED CASES. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3659, 17 September 1880, Page 2
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