RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CAMBRIDGE. Friday.—(Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R.M.) CIVIL CASES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1953, 13 January 1885, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRA TE'S COURT, CAMBRIDGE. Friday.— (Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R.M.) CIVIL CASES.

Ji lu.VK^r was given for plaintiff in the following &iM >; t : — Lewis and Simpson, \. Wm. Kennerley, claim £."> lfis ; cost, JL'l Un Gd ; MiCatin, v. H. Aimour, claim, £1 ."is 4<l ; 'costs, t'l 3s ; Huaslip, v. liteakcl], claim, ±!3 8s ; costs, £2 10s ; Kvnn«, v. Ware Tipa, claim, €33 17s 3d ; costs t'3 17s ; Isaacs, v. McFai lane claim, £10 17a tid ; co*ts, k'2 7.5. A few cases were settled out of the court. Lkeach ov thk Rlaiy.htkkhouse Act. Poi.ick v. Thos. H. Hoy.— ln this case the defendant was chaiged on the inform.ition of the police with having kept an unlicensed slaughterhouse on McCrei's him, near Cambridge, during the months of October, November and December, and having there slaughtered cattle contuuy to the provisions of the Slaughtei house Act, 1877. Tlio accused said he had taken over the business of H. Noigunc, who had tak -n out a licenie for the yatds on Medea's farm, and he thought he was perfectly justified in continuing to slaughter under his predecessor's license. When C.iptun Mcl'lier-son had pointed the matter out to him, he had sent in a month's return with a- cheque for the amount also 2s Od for a license, but still in the face of this, the county council refused to grant a license. Capt. MePhorson in e\idonco explained th.it the council wanted more th m one month's return and refused to giant a license until the full returns were sent in. Ho had been greatly incmnoincnuM foi some time past by Mr Hoy's pcisistency m not acting according to the -ict in this niattei. After consideuug the circumstances of the case, His Woiship told the accused that as they were now cntcinig upon a new year, he would be lenient with turn in the hope that lie would uupro-.e dining the ensuing twelve mouths, lie had been befoio thecouit during the old year piotty often, and ho did not drsiio that In; should commence n> Gaily with a bid record. Ho would fine him £1, with coats, i' 2 Is, and would tell him that foi ti.o no\t oifcuco no Mioh lonioncy would be extended him. These returns weie nccessiny as a check upon cattle stealing. John McCann was charged with a like offence. The police said they would be satisfied with a nominal fine as on leeeipt of the summons all the returns had been rondei ed, and the ai tears had been paid up. Ordered to pay Is and MM costs. lIIK AMKVIIIIJs OK SOCI VI. fill. Maty Muiphy, tlio wife of l'atiick Murphy, was charged on the information of Ann Webb with breaking the windows of her house in Brewery-street, on the 10th December lust, doing damage to the extent of 15s. A further charge was piefeired to the effect that tho b.ud Mary Murphy had alno u«cd threatening and bad language, to wit, that tho social imputation of the .said Ann Webb wat. of a doubtful character, and that if the house which she, the said Ann Webb occupied belonged to her, sho the said Mary Murphy would burn it down. The complainant prayed that tho usual P'naltios of the law should be inflict-d, and tint Maty Muiphy aforesaid, should bi bound over to keep the peace against Ann Webb and all Her Majesty's sub jects. Mr Hay who appeared for the accused took an objection to tho information .is there was no offenco disolosed in it. The thu'at about burning thn houso being upon U (Kintmgency, iuasinuch as Mis Muiphy had merely bran complained of as saying she would do so only if tho house belonged to tho complainant. Tho plaintiff and hot daughter having gi\ on evidence, Air if ay pointed out that no evidence of a, material character, had been adduced on Qupp'irij of the information, Mrs Webb was a nuisance to his client, with whom sho wanted to cultivate an acquaintance, sho however ropollnd all intimacy and prolubitcd her daughter to speak to her. His client was therofore meiely anxious to avoid hor. Defendant tlion gave a general denial <»t the charges. The case was dismissed, each natty to nay lioi own costs.

Bankruptcy notices m connection v,ith Charles Fottcrton appear in another column.