RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1285, 23 September 1880, Page 2

RE SIDENT MAGISTRATE'S CO URT, HAMILTON .

Yesterday.— (Before H. "\V. Northcroft, Esq., RM.) George Kelly, charged with being drunk, was let off with a caution, and ordered to pay costs, 2-<. G. J. Clark, and W. Pitcairn, were each, charged with a breach of the Borough by-laws, No. 1, section 13, for furiously ridiug. Cautioned, find ordered to pay costs £1 11s each.

Civil Cases. Judgments were givm for plaintiffs in the following casps: — J. S. Buckland v. Albert Potter, €1.5 10s; co 4«, £3 12s. — Small & Ooates v. Kobert Swarm, -€15 3^ Bd. Same v. Henry Tanner, -Cl."> 7s Id. Same v. To Raihi, £6 18s. Same v. A. Jackson, t'3 18s 'Id. — Thomas Daw-on v. Charles McKen/ie, £2 17.s 3d. S.imo v. Andrew JUnusrlas £U 6s 10d.— W. Gumming v. G. B. Becro, £19 Is 10d.— T.uriahce Highway Board v owner of Lot 51 (Tamahere rates), £1 Is.— B. and J. Coleman v. A. M. Shcpp.nd, £3 10s 9d.— W. Curnminy v. S. Blight; adjourned till next Court day. In several ca<cs judgment was coufessrd, and others were settled out of Court. In re }\ T . H. Randerson. Mv W. I\f. Hay for the trustee, Thomas Wells.— This was an application under the 111 th section of the Debtor and Creditors' Act, 1870, for the opinion of the Court as to whether a sum of £45 paid into the R.M. Court, Cambridge, by an agent of the bmkrupt, after an act of bankruptcy had been committed, and immediately prior to adjudication was recoverable by the trustee. — His Honor stated that the application was a novel and important on>\ and the el mse under which it was made not being in the English Bankruptcy Act of 1869, he could not be guided by precedent. He would therefore defer his decision as a Jud'_ r e ; but if he wore speaking to Mr Hay privatel}' as a lawyer, he would, on the facts, advise th.it an aftion should be brought by the trustee. In ie Ohailes Kay.— Mr W. M. ll iy for the tiustee, .J. S. Kdgceumbe. — This a\ms an application und"r the same section for advice as to the leeovory of thre'J hor.seb given by bankrupt to one William Jones in part payment of a past debt withm sixteen dav&' of the bankiuptey. —His Honor's remarks on Randerson's case apply to this one also.