AUCKLAND.
This day
Ad enquiry into the loss of the schooner Policeman is proceeding at the Police Court.
At the [Resident Mogistrate's Court to-day, Mr Burs tow gave judgment in the case of Hoffman against the Captain of the ship Peru, for damage to a piano. He held that the defendant was only liable for tiie case or package, and not for the contents, when the latter was signed for as unknown. The plaintiff must show that the contents were in,good order, and not leave it to inference. He believed in in this instance contents had been tampered with, and gave judgment for the value of the case, 20s.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3885, 11 June 1881, Page 2
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109AUCKLAND. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3885, 11 June 1881, Page 2
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