EEStDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, LAWRENCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 187, 7 September 1871, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, LAWRENCE.

(Before W. L. Simpson. Esq., Ti.M.) TmiKsnAY, 31st August. Tolclier v. Wilson. — Claim, £3. Case dismissed. Same v. Parker. — Claim, £2 10s, No appearance. Case dismissed.

Friday, Ist Sbptembti. , ■ Police v. Ah Tie.— Ah Tie was taken up for vagrancy, having no means of support. Sent to gaol for three months. \• > ■ ' '■ Same v. Dononyhe. — For drunkenness.Fined 205., or 48 hours' imprisonment.

Monday. 4th Septembb&. ; Cavanagh v. Heaps. In this cqse the plaintiff sought to fix the paternity of a child, to which his daughter gave birth on 21»t July, last, on defendant. Defendant denied his being the father. Mary Cavan»u»li, V>pinsr sworn, said — I nm the clan filter of Stephen OavanV^t.

Tn the month of October and November last I was in the service of Mr. Oowap, at Beaumont. The defendant Heaps was

living in the next house. The fir3t week I wa* there he took me to the banks of the Molyneux, and had connexion with me. The week afterwards he took me to the same place, and had connexion with me. Afterwards in 'rising the punt he had connexion with me — three times in all. Ido not recollect when 1 knew I was pregnant. When I found out I was in that way I told my mother. I never spoke to Heaps about it. My father did.

Examined by Heaps. — I never said that any one but you was the father of the child. lam certain of it. I never got a pound from a man living in a hut. I never got out of my bed between 1 and 2 o'clock to go with a man. I never came to your house and said that I was going to sleep with a gentleman.

At this stage the Bench remarked that the questions were altogether too vague. H*i COUld never test the veracity oi the witness unless the questions were more pointed. It is necessary to have the namss of the parties.

Heaps, after considerable reluctance, mentioned the name of the gentleman referred to.

To other questions the witness gave a denial.

The Bench asked the father if he had anything to say, or if he had any more evidence. You must produce some evide ice corroborative of that of your daughter. It is impossible that I can arrive at any satisfactory conclusion ou the unsupp >rted evidence of one witness.

The case was adjourned for a fortnight, to enable the parties to produce further evidence.

Gooday v. Tyson. — Claim, £2 2s. No appearance. Settled out of Court.