R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3445, 26 February 1890, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

OAitTEBTON—TU ESDAY.

(Before Colonel Roberts, R.M.)

E, N, Dixon v. Joe Ohesham, This was a case adjourned from last sitting of the Court for illegally interfering with the Ranger. Judgment was given for the informant, and the accused was fined 2s Gd, with costs BCs. The counsol (Mr Acheson) for the accused raised some points of law iu reference to the deoision of fie Court, but was not answered.

Mary Aitken v. Robert Aitken, Thi3 was a case iu which the plaintiff asked that lieu liu?band be compelled to contribute .to the support of herself and family, lie being away in Wellington spending his substance , m drinking. Au order was made for him to pay £1 per week,

■ Tai'dtabi-Cai'terton Eoad Board v. George Shaw, fates £Blss. Judgment by .default, with costs lis, •J. J. Callister v. J. Waghorn. Judgmont summons. Mr Acheson for judgment creditor. The defendant stated that he was .only ablo to pay 10s- a month. He was employed in cutting firewood, and had been off and on ever since judgment was entored for tho amount, He could only cut about half a cord a day, and be only got Cs a cord for cutting. Order to pay 10s a month, iu default seven days' imprisonment. The first payment to be made oil the 11th March, 1890. Georgo Waterson v. Thos Price.— Mr Acheson for plaintiff, Mr Beard for defendant. This was a case in which tho plaintiff sought to recovor the sum of JEO, for causing three pigs, the property of the plaintiff, to bo killed, for trespassing on the defendant's property. Tho plaintiff, in his oviden.ee, stated that Mr Price adoiitted to liirn having had the pigs shot, as they wero tresspassing on his property. When asked who shot tho pigs, he rofused to state, and said he was responsible for the action in shooting them, To Air Beard;.-The pigs would weigh about 2001bs each, and wore worth fully £2 each. He found tho pigs in a creek on Mr Price's land,

about half a mile from his outside boundary. Two of the pigs were marked with a bit oft' the tip of the ear. Ho had not seen any notice in the Wairarapa Observer, in reference to the pig 3 trespassing. He had never seen the papers. One of the pigs was found nearer to its home, and by the way it lay, it was making its way homeward. To the Court: The bush had been felled on the defendant's side, but not all on his (plaintiff's) father's side, as the defendant wished to get the timber for saw-milling purposes, before the bush was fell. Walter Watereon, brother o£ the plaintiff, deposed that, he knew the property of the defendant, and that some part of the boundary between his father's and the defendant's was not fenced. His brother's land did not touch the property of the defendant. It was a littlo over a fortnight since he heard his brother bad lost threo pigs. The three pigs were found 011 Mr Price's land dead. He remembered going to Mr Price's with his brother to ask him where the pigs were, and who shot tliera, and Price told his brother that he would have to find out, but afterwards he sent his boy out to show him where the pigs were. He thought the boy worked at Mr Price's, a 1) he had seen him about tho premises. To Mr Beard: Was quite close to his brother when he went to defendant to ask him about the pigs, and heard all the conversation which took place between them. Used to feed the pigs when tlioy cama homo; they had 110 rings in their noses, but had their noses cut. Mr Price had fallen the bush on his side of the road line, but his father had uot fell tho bush on liis side. Up to about threo weeks before tlio pigs were shot, they used to come home every night, but latterly they did not come home regularly. In cross-examination tho witness stated that the pigs mightcome home, at night without his seeing them, Thomas Udy, a farmer residing at Dalefield, gave evidence in support of tho previous witnesses. Thomas Prico deposed that for about three weeks or a month there were seven or eight pigs running 011 his property, and that'they were doing damage by rootingandpuddling in tho water, making it unlit for the

cattle to tlrinlc. He tried to find but who the pigs belonged to, but could not, consequently ho advertised litem in the " Observer," To Mr Aclieson; lie did not see the pigs between the 25th January and the 7th February, and ho told the boy in his employ to shoot any pigs straying on his property. Thomas Cave, in the employ of the defendant, stated that there were pigs trespassing on the property of bis employer- fot two or three months, and by instructions of his employer he made enquiries for the purpose of finding out who they belonged to, but could not find tlio owner, Shot the three pigs now. being suod for. To Mr Beard: Tho pigs came through the wire fencing, and-not through the bush, Judgment for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with Court costs 18a, and counsel's feo LI Is.

BKETAHUNA. (From Our Own Correspondent) A special meeting of the Eoad Board was held 011 the 22nd inst, the following- - members being present;— Messrs A,. Anderson (chairman), Matbeson, Noilson, and Morris. Beforo tlio Board commenced business, a deputation of Wellington No. 1 settlers waited 011 tlio Board, : They roquostod the Board to shorten tho formations 011 tho South fioad and thus*curtail tho , expenditure of the loan in this direction. It wild - enable tho Board to make passable tracks to tho back sectidns by the river, thus giving access, to those-.settlers who, at present, were almost unable to get either to or from - tlioir sections, Two or three members of the Board volunteerod to go and inspect tho block and do what they could in the mattor.

'lenders were received for tlio following road work i repai|'s,.l|d per ehajn, Slateryan'd Collvjllq, accppted; Parkville; 65 chains formation, ■ Ilolberg and Franklin,' illC' Vlls fid, accepted; Wellington Jjo, 1,- Contract Np, 0, f. Wflqjfo, iQ?, -accepted; Gontraot No. f, W, Woolfo, 188 lis, -accepted; Contract No. 8, W. Woolfe, £Bi 143, accepted. This closed the business, -