RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 787, 7 June 1881, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

! featherstomilonday. .V .. .aniongo wv.'-m rv^•.i d! ' v|. G.,Petherick:v Warden-Debt Ll2lMdi'iNo appearance of-flefepdant,') Judgment for amount'and Ll;9s coito;'\- . F. (1. Patliericlc.VC.W. R. Bnttnfr^.-

Debt Ll3 9d. Judgment for amount a'tiil costs LI 9d, ! ■ V: ■!?-:■J|' F. G, Petherick'v Debt LU Gd; and »t.ui3.. v \ifgsl J.W.Smith sued' Donald and' Peter! MoLaren, W. McLeod, W. Wratten, and 0. Harris, but the oases]were, withdraw*

'• SHEEP CASE,W A, P. Sutton .Y.-Charle^'Harris,^. 'in driving sheep across a property without giving notice. . Mr Beard appeared for defendant," who. .pleaded not guilty. * - j •\Th^Sse".had ; sfa brought forward on' if, 'Martin .jun,, to •SiießpilftßpectwDnlmmond~that defendant -had ...driven sheep across his land without giving notice of his intention to do-so. Mr/Drummond-had-reported the, affair to Mr Su'itoVjfand afcti.on',<; T. Mar£in,~jun., 'deposed that he had" ffotQftc4iv.ed'<Ta'i personal notice, but understood' 1 fertheipherd had received, noticp™ the shßep'hai'bVen'"driven adross his land, as he had-not see/i themjso driven". ,--x x|rj i j There being v n6 otjher witnfisjiesjorjttfo Mr Sutton stated to the Gourt that. ho hadlbroughfc this case forward chiefly to show that it was intended "atri'ctly To" eiifo"rce tlie"iHauae"*6f the Act ■tinder, which it jwas laid, Advertisements to this effect" had'" been published, but he noticedjthat.people still drpje' ( ;ciut giving noticd; to\ the owners! of j>rp-j p"?rty' through" which' they "intended to .pass,. and..thia—practice- -he-intended to stop. ~, thankV pf-aheeppwnersiforen forcing. ;t hi s" claua b; bqfcin present qase there .was nptsuffl', : cieot evidence to shew that the Bheep-had ibeeft driyen as alleged,: and he was'there? fore compelled to dismiss the information. K'-M'fe i'-wO'iG -d"