MASTERTON THIS DAY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1042, 6 April 1882, Page 2

MASTERTON THIS DAY

v.. • |Mp A. W, ; Renau,: and E, Toom^th, s£•' . . ' J4 j s.]/ f|§. C. Ingmm^lv/G..(Joker.—giving ,;;Tho; informant deposed .that the Queeri'st., - on tIP of March, without 1 l?y ls ) i him a } n withi apiielfance of; defendant. | jraedls jind'costa 6r in default 48 hours. ; #Save v 6;i Armstrong.—Breach of Borough 'bylaws iby riding round a corner at'ajfaster pace than a walk on the Ist of .April..' ■ _ Defendant: 'I don't remember anything about it. I was riding all day. Mr Renall: You ought to remember that day, Informant deposed that he saw the; defendant (a lad) ride round the Post Office corner, at a very quick trot on the date Had previously cautioned himagiifost driving round corners, Defendant said his horse had a hard mouth,

Mr,, Ren,-ill: perhaps your spursare rather sharp. The Court fined the defendant Is and costs 7s, Mr Rehall cautioned him not to, do it again lest ho should have to go to limbo for 48 hours, Same v W, Parkes allowing a chimney to catch fire.' Defendant: "It was not through neglect in sweeping." Mr Renall; Perhaps you burnt white pino. Informant asked fur expenses for a witness named Mankotelow,. Tho Court tendered half a crown for his expenses. The witness said he would sooner have .nothing without he got more. Mr Renall; Will you be satisfied with half-a-crown. Witness: I will make Mr Parkes a present of it, and he will shout for me. Mr;Renall: Will yon accept four shillings? 4 Witness: Yes; and fflturn it to Mr P&rkes, !

Defendant was fined lis and costs, ineluding 58, tlio expense%witness. Walter Harris v Archfoaldvfiampbell. - Debt,£l3l9s. The cleric stared that the desendant had filed a (feclaraSon of insolvency. The plaintiff these circumstances declined to proceed with tho case. Before H, S. Wardeli R.M., and A, W. Email J.P, *' Sutton v Day.—Breach of Rabbit Act, Mr Bunny for plaintiff, and Mr 'Beard for defendant. .. Mr Beard said he proposed ;to piovo that after the receipt of notice ''defendant had taken steps to clear his land of sorub and had at the same time kept; tho rabbits down., Ho ivi's not in a, position to show that the number of rates had been reduced. i The Court said it to go to the extent which JlEweara asked him. The of this land ,Wa3 a preliminary step byt \he questijm which the Court had was not whether preliminary stops Wft been ilaken but whether efficient sto|#nadJjron taken, Mr Beard said the only portion of Mr Day's, property.on ivhicl\ tile rabbits were numerous was a strip b6rderin| on other land - . 1 •' Mr Bunny admitted that had been cleared, but after {lie e&'pion of the notice. Ho was pr£ a nominal poualty, witlythe usual costs'." <■ Tho Court inflictel'a line of Is an'd 12s coßts, 25s wtofJiscs expenses and the usual counsels Sutton,v 11. J'; —Breach of Rabbit Act. \ \ The defendant saicVhe'lmd done his best to destroy,the rabWcrline months ago .they killed 'on his iplace a hundred a day. could only kilj twenty or thirty.\ \ \ ;>• ' . . The informant in a position to proite ihat defendant had taken no steps after rectoin'g his notice, William HarVey; jigent to the Sheep Inspector, deposed tfyit nothing was done to destroy tie rabbits"nfter the notice was served., • i \ The Court said that defendant must use further efforts. For a property like his rabbits were t6o numerous, Ho would bo fined ono pOund and costs,

Sutton vB. P. Perry,—Bfyach of Rabbit Act, 1 \ The defendant stiid lie had taken steps, but ho was unable to destroy hip rabbits. Ho held 4,000 acres on the Rangitumau and Taueru and kopt a man with a pack of dogs on the property who was assisted by his son, Tho number of rabbits on the property fluctuated, He was bounded for three or four miles by Native/bush, There they*wero'so"thick tlmttjjey could be cut down with.a whip. ' W. Harvey deposed ; that the defendant's land was verjl-. rou||| Ope man was not sufficient to cope,'pfth the evil, Two men ought to bo - constantly employed. 1 ' The Cou£jt| I fine you-one shilling Mr Perry,. lain bound under the Statute to inflict a fine, Defendant: Half-a-dozen men will not keep them down. The Court: Is 'Anything being .with the Native land to keep down rabbits. Mr Sutton said contracts had been made with runholdors to keep down rabbits on native lands adjacent \to their runs. There \m a general.cry about Crown lands find native reserves, He could not take them all up at once. ,>The Court suggested that the case should stand over to enable au arrange•meht'to be made re the native land. -" Mr Sutton objected, and said that, leaving out tho question of native lands, the defendant had not employed, sufficient labor to ke.ep down tlie irabhits. ' ,The Court withdrw<«.the; fine of «pns substituted oiie .of' twenty •shillings and costs, : .'' I.; . OASHMAS'S CASE,. William Rieux v James Cashman Larceny, of a box of knives and forks, &0,, of the value of L 3 from Mauriceville. Mr Beard for the plaintiff, and Mr Bunny for tho defendant. : £M|gM ß aid the informant resided at the defendant lodged at B^(ire.' ~r One nightftlrs Reux left the mpjk coijfpanyJ|f the defendant, took with" him we're ulti-^ flit 5 ■ settler; residliifl a|V prisoner'iii October io my it he took my! wife: in Maroli. took; with her also forksiand- knives, and •some ca|ic'Qj'all/in a box.l "have not;: "seenihem'Bincb. i The box is a blabk one fift copper nails in it, about two feet six

There were two white . blue'one. The produopilf,raine. I- • % .1874 wheni/waVmarried. _ -?#>,- ,■ y 'Hlti jnsffor to Mr Bunny): ! did not See » the defendant take the box away. 1 don't Relieve my wife took the things away. .She could' not have done it. The gooda dieappearwd while I was asleep on the evening of the 18th. I came to ; ; |twterton following day, not after :mp?lfe,but after the goods. I ' Caßh'nian in Masterton; iand-askedifhere' my wife was. I asked him'about : the y r- - ; goods, Bnd he said he knew nothing about' them. I afterwards went to Wellington and, asked my wife about them, andshe never answered me, I saw my children * m> doorway and walked iu, I did not searoh in the.room for my goods. I had had no dispute with my wife immediately before she left.' I might have had a few words. She might- have said tbat" she was going to J did not 'belieye oomiDg. ;• Home late with Mr Oashman. I sent her y on a Saturday to Masterton to get money due to me, she bought a sewing machine ,' but would not say what she had/given j for it. She' said she . had not got it with my money. I did not quarrel with her on tho Sunday. On ' the Monday I had a few words with my wife. I was seven poiihdsjshort with my money, and I said a few words to her. She said she would no away. I never said she might or give her money to go ajray. • I did not lay the information till •{he 22nd of March because I did not. know where Oashman was. There were other goods taken besides the ones specified, but I do not charge him with my wifes wearing apparel., I never saw the calico in the house. I do not knew that there were any marks on the blankets by ■ which 1 could identify them. I can swear - that the-knives and forks produced-are mine, I could pick them out of a hundred. I do not dnow that my wife took them of her own free will; . E, P. Brodson, a Dane, was then put into the box, the services of Mr Dreyer, as Interpreter, being engaged. He deposed that lie brought the boxes and a bag from a shed about 12 chains from Reux's house. Oashman engaged him to doit. He would know the boxes again if he saw themr""Qne was a small white box, the oth/r was a bigger box, covered with dark etuiff (box produced was identified by witness), He took the boxes to the railway station byjrder of Oashman. Mrs Geiux paid Him for 'fye carnage of the boxes. Mrs fteiux, wftli the childron, was iii the brake at the time. Oashman brought the two boxes land the sack, but it was datk, and s he "(Brodson) could not see wher§\.;h.o brought them from. In answer to Ifovßnnhy,—Mrs Renx ; got into the brake gfaortlV after the boxes were put in, It was\ daMf night. Cash-. man did not engage liifii to fyke Mrs Roux and her goods to Masteiton. Ije told him ■ that he had some ihingS. to td\e down. Mr fteux paid him the\ which Oashman bad undertaken', 10 give him. Had no idea that Oashman was stealing the goods. ignorant of where the goods camo fim--Believed they belonged to Oaahman. 'Suspected there was i something wrong, but Made no inquiries. Took them to Mr Christiansen's boarding house, where they stayed <jor two hours. They had breakfast, whidh he paid for. Mr Oashman and children went to the station for theßbring trail/. Tho luggage was olaced iu he did not kpoiHo whom they w&re directed. The btyc (inXJourt) he believed was a little heavier wllen he first handled it, Two t ■:- they left he saV Reux who' -/X asked his (lieui-) wife was. Did not ask his goopfls were, but mentioned somethmg"'aH6ut them afterwards. Did not recollect to' what effect. Oashman did not go with Mrs Reux in the brake froirf'Mauriceyille, nor was he at the station Hen Mrs Beux went in the train. \

To Mr Beard: The boxoi had no addresses on thenUliat he Baw,\ Saw Cash' man at Maßterlohaffer'tta&jditid left. To his Worship: "Cashraan gave mo no order about tho goods, Mrs Reux told me to take them to the railway station and she told me to put them in tlib .goods van,

Mr Beard applied for a\ remand till Detective Jeffrey, who discovered the prisoner and tliq gwdjtjetimied from Wanganui. \ Mr Bunny submitted there ivas no evidence to bring tho cliaige) home to de-.. fendant. If his Worship thought differ- ,■ entlv, even then there would have Keen plenty of time to have brought up the detective if Tnere was n|sQ no prpof that had stolen the man's wife, am| 'eveii jf-frSj'e Wlv, (hat WMjiot a crime pftnishable by lun" < ■ fti^^oi'ship: N<H.,unfortunateJyit;-i| not,- steal V man's wife' was • probably tosfc&Uiism&st valued possession. But it itltouliHe ihown that he assisted in husband's as well as tlmvifo, orTiad even benefited Sy them way, it\ would tye sufficient to convict him of .lftrceny notwithstanding the law that a wit^. cannot, , rob her husband, Mr Bunny~ted that flis Worship, would havo difficulty to fi&dauthqrities to support lugjiowa, and .tiiati there . was no evidence f\shew proper intercourse v had_WKen'- placr^;-: 1 . between Cashman and Mrs Rieux. ' His Worship adjourned the case till 2 o'clock, and said ho woilld consider Mr Bunny tf' contention in the meantime. On resuming, His Worship quoted authorities to uphold the view he had expressed before the adjournment, Mr Bunny said the plaintiff had made no attempt to compel ins wife.to give up the goods when jie:came up with her, nor did he, as he might" liftye ddne, insist upon her returning with liim.

His Worship: Perhaps hq,did not want her back, Air Bunny contended tMjlie. cliartje for larceny could be broup with more weiglit against Brodson than Chapman, There wob nothing toihowhow the goods came where' tfee latteWfoundThem.. His Worship considered there was sufficient ground tojustify ut remand, and prisoner would be remanded till Friday, 14th inat. Bail, EJpiself LSO and two sureties of LSO each. Burnett and Yulo. v; Cashman,—Debt L3l4s Id, Defendant admitted the claim and judgment was entered accordinly, Several cases were called but there was no appearance of the parties, W, Smith vH. 0. Stefiord. —Debt L 3. Being value of a horse which had been loat while in defendants possession, Judgment for amount and costs 7s, and expense»'3j)j."

. JIOBBE STtytLJNQ, k Rhodetick J 'WilßOD ) ' Who appeared to be a " shingle short," was charged by Oonstable Darby with tlje^T^offenqe, In "answer to tha said that going over a hill a lot of horses/ bo, "of i course',being - tired, "of course" he'took 'one. He was not going to keep it. v'-!' t ; His Worship said there-:was . not sufficient evidence to convict for the offence charged; but a issued lot fraudulently without ' STEALING BOp% yith - stealings pair or toots}' the •propertynpf '{ He'pleaded':!' excitfe'ljeirig, "of course," that'of^-hatd^: up for> a pair of boots " of tbok '' tliem, and alsfl some tobafcco,-^"eDtence(l : to : pix- mon^Jia - febor;'- ■l. f Y. .