RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURT, CAMBRIDFE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1685, 24 April 1883, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURT, CAMBRIDFE.

Fridu,— (Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R M ) Oivil Oases. Mokkis v. Allu.v. Adjourned till 27th July.— Asher v. Native. Ad|ournod till 10th August.— Coulthaid v. Tlios. Moore. Claim £!) 14s, jiulgnient summons. Adjourned till heke couit day without costs.— Ray nes v. Minehcia P.iuwha. Claim £77 os 4d, P.N. Adjoin nerl till i>c,\t com t day.— KirL wood v. l'p JLihu. Adjourned till np\t court day.— McVcagh v. Wirihaiu Ngatni. Claim £S 53 Bd, judgment summons. Ordered to pay the whole amount by 4th May next, with costs £2 Od, or in default one month's imprisonment.— Reid v. Haigreavc. Claim £1 10s 7d. .Judgment for amount Mith costs, '10s 4rl. — Evans and Elhs v. Tuh.ikar.uua. Claim £3 Is 4d. Judgment for amount -with cost*, £1 4s. — MeVeagh v. Harriet Thomson. Claim £14 4s4d. Judgment for amount with cossts, £1 7s (jd. — Meniok v. Tuliakaram.i. Claim £IS 13s lOd. Mr Dyer for plaintiff. Judgment for amount w ith costs, £2 ss.— Reid v. Eastwood. Claim ■Cl for rent. Judgment for amount with costs, 10s 4d.— Coin p bell v. Bnigoyne Mark. Claim £1 1 14s Od. Mr Kocstng for plaintiff. Judgment for amount with costs £2 6s. Defendant ordered to pay os per week.— Hunter v. Thomas' lUoore. Claim £2 10s. Judgment for amount with costs, £1 7s 6d.— lsaacs v. Minelieia. Claim £30 11s lid. Judgment for amount with costs, £4 ISs.— Merrick v, Arakateia te Wera. Cl.iim £94 ]S< 7d. Mr Keebing for plaintiff. Judg. menfc for amount with costs £'o ys. — Hoy v. T. Moore. £4 9s. Judgment for amount, and £1 2s 6d costs. — The case J. Gwynneth v. W.MacGie^or.Hay foi£l7s 2dc<isl), wa3adjourned till nextCourtday, the plaintiff to fiuniah a new bill of particulars. Unlawfully Rescuing Cattle. Four natives named rpspocth ely, Him, Tana, Taukere, and Tari, were 'charged, on the information of Mr E. B. Walter, of Monavale, rnuhqlder, for that they djrl, on U)Q lath PoLvii.i!"/ last, at Monavalo, unlawfully stop, hinder, and diive away oer tain cattle, to wit. a number of horses w Inch had been law fully seized for the pin pose of being impounded. Mr F. A. Whitakev appeared tor the prosecution, and Mr YV. M. Hay, who appeared for the defence, pleaded not guilty. Before entering on the case, Mr Hay took exception to the infoimation, it not being set forth therein where the land was situated, upon which the alleged, unlawful act fcok plaoo. Mr \Vhi taker drew the attention of the Court to the former part of the information, where it was btated that these men did do certain unlawful actions at Monavale on a certain day, such land being in the possession of the informant. Mr E. B. Vyalker, th,e fofoi'mant, w«is called. On the 15th February last he sent a number of his men to Pukekura, land in his possession, to impound some hoises trespassing thereon. The horses were trespassing on cultivated paddocks. He gave the natives notice to remove their horses, and when h,e dicj go. there If fire ab,qut k(x horses trespassing. Manfred Scott, called, deposed to having, acting under instructions from Mr 13. B. Walker, proceeded to Pukekura on the 15th February to impound horses trespassing on the land there. Was bringing them to $he floi;is the jqrt.}! atwnsecj qntf, a mimb'er of Maori | women rode amongst the horses and scattered them. Succeeded, however, in i driving them on to the Monavale station, when one of the accused got off his horse and endeavoured to catch one o,( horses whjc.h, wprfl th^n in, his "(witness') onarge j and another of the accused, Taukere, stood on a culvert and turned the mob. The horses were turned back and taken away by the accused. Attributed his inability to impound the horses to the obstruction of the accused. John Tyson ga.™^ gyjdenoe similar to that* of the last~witness, identifying the four accused as having been instrumental in rescuing the horses from their charge. ' George Bailey was called, ' and corroborated the testimony of the two previous witnesses. ,MrE. B. Walker, o,a^ec|, a^ d,enosec| jo peingy iii possession of-^h'e blocks" 6f'iand['|tnown respectively as Puahoe and Monavale.*' His title to a portion of the Puahoe and Pukekura Blocks, was,disputed by Ani Waata and Hori Pu,ao t This fiiu'sh^d. ' |h^ <&s<* lyv' $c' "Mvftay applied a{; this, stjge to have the case dismissed. 1 ' He had two objections of a forcible nature to ur£e in favour of his application. ■ One was with reference to the question > q[ tytle,, an'^ the part* of 'thej T natives to commit m breach of t^elftw.' They, prevented the:

impounding of theft- cattle, believing J they had &'bonafidc "rigfit to do so, ami; their acfcidn arose "out of an idea ofj authority entertained by them at the time, A 1 long argument between the counsel and tho bench ensued, Mr \Vhitaker con-; tending, that the rc^ene took place on the, j Monavale j estate, the title of winch was) j notilisrnit,'ed,,,.md. not on the Pukckur.i, t ; tho title of M'lfiah was disputed. His Worship ultimately asked for the evidence foi tho defence. \ Hon l'uao and Mere Wakatutu were called by Mr flay as witnesses for the defence, and after giving their evidence, 1 hirf Worship reserved judgment until next court day.

SviOßOW.— (Hoforo Col. Ljon, and Mr 'JLV Wells, J.I? ) , A Disputed Garment. A qcntleman of the genus "sun J downer" giving the name of J.imes Thomson, with aliases out of number, was bt ought before the Court on Saturday moiHiing oil &<■ charge of having Stolen a shawl from a native named Ti Arauui, ati CTainbridgc, on the -20th inst.*, the said shawl being described as woollen, and valued at 30s. The accused pleaded guilty to having taken the shawl, but stateil the article was his property, and that it had been stolen from him by the natives. It appeared from the evidence that the accused visited the camp where tlie informant lived on Fridiy morning, and by way of commemorating his visit entered a tent and abstracted ibhe shawl in question. He was followed by the owner, who disputed his title to the garment, but the dispute was referred to the local peace officer for arbitration. The result of this gentleman's enquiry was that Thomson, who has been but recently released from Mount Eden, ,was placed under arrest. The shawl was identified by two native witnesses as belonging to Ti Aranui, and two other ' natives witnessed the theft. For the defence Thomson alleged that he had tied the' shawl in a nockethandkci'chicf and put it witli his Mrasf in Hewitt's bar, and that it was immediately abstracted. To substantiate his statement he called upon a- wild and half-demented mortal named Murphy, but this person's evidence was neither/"'" nor eon. The Bench found the prisoner guilty, aud sentenced him to two month's imprisonment with hard labour.