WARDEN'S COURT.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5279, 18 December 1885, Page 2

WARDEN'S COURT.

THIS PAY. (Before H. Kenrick, Esq., Warden.) H. BOGEBB T. B, ANp S. ZAITBT AND JfOHN t^OONAN. This was a plaiat asking that the Goldea Grown claim, Tapu, be declared forfeited and awarded to plaintiff on the ground of non-working. Defendants admitted that they had only : three men working at present, but pleaded that they had done considerable work on the ground. The complainant swore that over 80ft; of driving and other work bad been done, there was ground amounting to a 16 men's area in the claim, but said' be had only registered six men's ground, and that was all he wanted. Lawry in extending hi claim crossed Ecger's ground,; and ths, Utter asked him to shift their pegs, thee agreed to see about doing so, but bad not as yet done so. James Bennett deposed to muioriDg

off the Golden Crown claim with Rogers, and to the .correctness of the plan pro* duced. Mr Burgess, Mining Registrar, iwore that the ground marked out by defendants was six men's ground. Robert Lawry deposed to having taken up six men's ground, and that was all he required. Did not cross Roger's boundary; did not object to; Rogers having some next to their claim, but not that in which they were working.. The reason they did not fully man the ground was beeaase they had been prospecting, expecting daily to get something worth putting men on; their means .woald not permit keeping more than three men ; only wanted six men's ground. Had another, a river claim.

The Bench said the defendants only held six men's ground knowingly, and as the claim bad not been fully manned, if the defendants would repeg off and throw off all over six men's ground, a fine, ia lieu of forfeiture, would be iniicted of one shilling and costs £2 10s. If they continued to hold 15 men's the ground should be forfeited.