RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. CAMBRIDGE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. (Before W. N. Searancke, Esq., R.M.)

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RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. CAMBRIDGE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. (Before W. N. Searancke, Esq., R.M.)

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS. H. J. P. Campbell v. W. Revel, claim, £1 itf* debt ; costs, 9s. \ C. Stevenson v. W. Marshall, claim, £9 14s lid, work and laber ; costs, 13s. J Hally v. W. Higgins, goods Supplied, £3 16s ; costs, 9s. >v N \ x _ . H. an^jNP." Campbell t V P. Chapman, claim, ' 6s9d. '^-" -» V ' *

CLAIM TOt. TRESPASS. J. A. Douglas aud fe>. v. J. Wood, claim, £20, damages for trespass. \ < Mr Hay foR plaintiff, Messrs Madden and O'Neil for dtfenda^jb. a. A. Douglas, setfcler^ <Tamahere, deposed &at on May 20tKH'e saw defendant and others on his laml, and inquired what they were doin<*. They pleaded ignoiance of, being on his land, and Bafti had they known it was his land they would not be there. Considered £10 a-fair .claim for damages to cattle, aud %5 ttf game. *I)id not aoe Wood shooting.. Hewa> not go^>io wards the gate. He went away when requested. The party carried guns. Martin Fitzgerald, laborer, in the employ of Mr Douglas, deposed that he heard shooting *hd saw gun-smoke on his master's land. Mr houglas was very particular about his game. Po; th* defence, <t John Wood, butcSer, residing at Hamilton, deposed that on the day in question he and others were shooting on native land (Te Eaihi's aud tliuwfords'). Wai not on Do^la.' had. A boy told

"Richard "Cor, Sergeant in the E.V.M-, who was in company wi b Mr Wood on May 20th, deposed that they were shooting # native land, ai 4 uot » n plain iff a land, nor did u*ey disturb the c .ttle. It was Mr Douglas who did so. J. H. Mason gave corroborative evidence. EoLert Kirk wood, h.^Efcejper deposed that neither of Mr Dougl.l! gate|>eie>Jud«ed when he went across. Sy \ ' x His Worship said tlereVas ftp Mree*- evidence Of- damages to the cattle orfcaine,. thoijgh it wis «W tfeat a trespass had been coniniitted He woult? give judgment for plaintiff for £1, and costs, £2 15s.