R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1872, 23 December 1884, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

MASTERtbN.-MONDAY.!

' •■ BefbrelT. S.^bE^ftM.,...'' i. -k Wj? oodi! : Claim iJCfTor adishoabred jiroinisj(6ry; ; nofciJiiH»uieht for amount arid£3ilos. .costs: ; ; ; v .'•■;' ;■'• .' ; ■•-•■ ;"•■

An inebriate. was/fined ; ss. or' 24 hbui'B, and- another'' was-fined 20a: or 48. : hbursfeboing drunk : on'Sunday, His Worship slating : that bo pub on special fines for/-inebriates who wore charged with that: oifenco:oil Sundays. ' Now Zealand' Land arid Investment Company v. Joseph. Ingley and John. Wyjett Lee.r—Attera pting to dof raud the Company of iSOOO, (adjourned from Carterton.) Mr Brandon for plaintiff, and Mr Beard and Mr Sandilands for defendants.

Charles Hallows Gayfcr, Babbit Inspector, Carterton; called by Mr Beard, deposed ; He. was at. Mr Lee's property in April JBB3. He was also there'when Mr Ingley came up with another person./rhey went over to whe'iVM'r Percy. Lee and'Mr Wyett Leo .sto'dd. '. He''did not know the person who was withMr-Ingley. Thouias.Hooker deposed: He saw some timber on the line he. wont over on Mr Lee's property on soctions 118 and 194. Ho saw some pretty good totara. It Was a ohairi or a chain and a half from: the road, The rest of the timber, along the line was inferior, stunted growth matai, mairo, totara, aud other small timber only fit for burning, $9 one in their senses could mistake that bush for good timber fit for sawmilling purposes.

■ Henry Holmes Wolters produced the local valuation roll showing the values at which the properties were assessed by the Government—sections 365 and 36?f%2,400; and sections part 202, 195, and Jg0,.£4,000.

Thoina? Bennett,; sworn, said he knew Mr Lee's property v/qll, ljad it for sale sevenjears ago at. £2 12s Qd per acre, He was last on the land about a fortnight ago, The greater portion of the bush was red and whito pine. Part of £hVland wasi'ery good,, atd worth .about : £:2 10s to# ; lss per' acre".'; The .foßbV'aß/mixed;;,writh a few inferior knew it. for good\totara';bußh ;fQr purVoies. '■ t Ifr to:see the bush upon'.; Booth's •'•■ipj#qin ■ that track. He.saw the'peg "3.58. : ' ■: By Mr Kraiido'n;.Hearciyed;at:hjs v Valuation by what, the ; sections bad sold at in the neighborhood, Tfae land was 'about equal to the/seotion of 100.0 acres he sold to Booth. •••.|en chaiijs from the track would take,-anyone to. good tbtara on section 119.:.; ~..' j,i !.•• His Worship intimated.|t)iat : he : was' going, to commit' the defendants for trial;. He felt clearer in doing so now than he did before. The case was stronger, His impression, was Mr Smith was" taken to the totora on •section 119 ten chains in. Percy Lee had sworn that peg 358 and two others were found and shown to Mr Smith, but Mr Smith had sworn that he saw no pegs, that they had searched and could not find a single peg. That proved to his mind that Smith was riot-taken to 358 section but right into the patch of bush on 119. He djdinot find them guilty, but to his mind thei\o was Dutficient grounds for further, enquiry, and he would therefore com'-; mit them for trial, ■ "p

Bail was applied for on behalf of tb'e defendants and allowed in two sureties m each case of £IOO each. Messrs Jj,Warrington and E. Strawbridge werfe accepted as bail for defendant Ingj,ey, together with himself, for £IOO each.. The other defendant expeoted to produce bail early. ■ :' • : OFFICIAL ABSIGNEE V WALTER' RAPP. ' The Court ndtified in the event of its ■ruling as to the position of the Official Assignee being set asidei;hy the Court above he would give judgment for plaintiff £55. ; Entered accordingly, costs, to follow theljudgtront,' £6 4s. .;' 'Mr Beard objected to.Mr,Sellar!s expenses being entered, as he was not the plaintiff and was not subpcenaed. : The Court declined to rule any differently as regarded the £35 paid to defendant-by Millar's brother,

W. Robinson v The Masterton Cor<

poiatiqn. His Woiship said the point reserved was tlie genera) one whether

the"Bailjee as such had the right to sue and recover the value ho had sustained by the loss of the horse, and he had arrived at the conclusion that he had, He,would therefore give judgment for 'theplaintiff.for,£l.o, andcosts.|sl7s, less the pdu'iid jr.. ftudplpk Laurent ,w.as "chirgecl* wiljlc 'the larceny of four 's'l.tver rings, value Bs,"from.the Auction Mart of Messrs tJie,l9th. . '• . .„' -.'■ '"-.' ".' Mr' Bunny ap'peared'fo'r tie accused, :'wli6.|lbded"hot. guilty. .:'-,:. ' -'Louis Holmes,'sworn." said: He waß storemah for Messrs Lowes and. Torns,-' On'v'lfrMay ::; flffcriKKto jie; openedWm'e*'asesof';gbod3 sent from Wellington ; for.-, .-amongst the"rii being a box containiug 2 dozen and 10;

rings..,";He : ; l'tft the auction, room. at'.'To'clock', ?: ak^ The rings -wire • allriglit tlien,.and at -liall-pasfc-.-teH • he..-fqund ;four. missing. Tlie balance ofthe ringn Were sold' on' ; the. next day (Saturday). ......... '" Three young. I ladies were' witnesses •to the to that each had: been presen[tented withva'-'ring. by .accused ,on Friday- : night-'siinilar ;to : - the Ones, alleged tohii.ver.been. stolen,--and the 'pplicP.produceit thefourth given up by : r mate of:Reused'.. to' whom- 'lie hid,

given it,"'.''.'.'.-!':.";'■-' v '.'.- ''"' ..;. ■-' , The pdencejpf the,arresting con- ; stable went'tb show that from informav tion he received he visited the. Prince, of Wales'.andEmpiroHotels, and the. rings were handed to him by.:tKe' recipients of the'valUaSle presents. stom the description of-the do&or .he arrested. ■acensedon-'Saturday, who in answer to : the charge desoribea'a man he statedhe had bought the four rings from-, for£h Ibis s uipwasfound:buc denied all knowledge of the trAnsaotjon, and, said he had never Been-accused before,"' as he .hadonly. come-down from the 1, Taueru at 10 ■'; o'clock on Saturday night, .: Mr-Bunny for. thp./dpfenop urged that the Court, .shouldJ believe ' theversion given given by the accused as to his possession: of the property. •. • His Worthipintimated pretty-plainly Ms conviction that accused aid stoal •the rings, but : he:g'ave him the benefit of-the. doubt and dismissed the case ! with a caution, ' ■ •'■ "^''J,.