R.M. COURT, CAMBRIDGE. Yesterday-(Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R.M., and Mr A. Clements, J.P.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2024, 27 June 1885, Page 3

R.M. COURT, CAMBRIDGE. Yesterday -(Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R.M., and Mr A. Clements, J.P.)

( l\ II- P\->hs. Wiim>\ r>uo->. \. Jo\is. — Ko appeaiance of eithei p.nty. liom kim)\ \ . Su \^ m - -Claim tl Os <ld, foi l)i t nl supplied. Defendant admitted the claim foi bn ad, lint said plaintiff owed Imn foi .1 keg of lMittei \.ihn tl at i'l lHs (id. l'lainlifl said lie did not leceive the butter, a~> it was unfit fur human consumption. It \va->, in fact, .1 (it case fm the Inspecto 1 of Nuisances A sample of the butter was pioduml. Defendant insisted upon " Ins Jlonoui' smelling the "htuff," but "his lloiiom" prefeiicd disposing of the case on its incut*, lie was subsequently induced to submit. Judgment foi plaintiff for amount, and 1"w costs. K int \n> \. LnrKi.n. Claim, t'2 Ik Judgment for plaintiff, witli t'l Is costs. W. lii id \. Jovi:-..— Claim, t2 1!ls. Judgment for plaintiff, with cost-!, Ift-., \V\i. (!i ii i nun \. .1. Hamii.io.n, — hid},' incut foi amount confpsscd. Ki.iii- sm \ Kki'\ \. W. J. HiNim. — In this ewe his Woiship fuithei defened judgment till no\t comt day, as he had not been ablu to look up the Law Times foi tin eases (pioted by Mi Mesketh. Tin; other cases against \V. J. Hunter weio ad|ouined till the 21th .Inly, I lII lIOKsI. I Ml. ('W. Xe-bit Jleniy Lumsden and Thomas •liukson «ue chaiged by the police with wilfully and maliciously clipping the Uilof a white hoist*, the piopeity of John Jlunci man, .it Cambridge, on the e\eii'ng of the 7th M.t\. The damage was estimated at t'"». The cliaigi* was hud undei the Malicious injiny to I'iopeit*, Act. Only Luiiisdpn appealed, and pleaded not guilty. Constable Ikennan asked to be allowed to tieat some of the ■witnesses as adveiso witnesses. He briefly wtated the circumstance of tho case. The Loin|)lainant came into Cambridge on the night in question and tied his hoiseup in fiont of the National Hotel while he went inside to tiamatt somo business. WhiUt so engaged the offence was committed. The evidence would go to show that the accused (Lunisden), along with two otheis was seen about at the tune of the ocunience, and that aftei cutting tho hail oil the tail they took the 1 bndle and cist it into the middle of the toad, and this aiticle had not been lecoveied since. A still ii)) stiap and lion had also been icino\ed. The complainant as well an otheis had iiiffeied fioin fie(pient offences of this natine of late, and In; hoped, if tho eudeuce was found sutliuont to convict, the bench would see the necessity of dealing with it with a rttioiiß band with a view to putting down Mich conduct in fiituie. John Runcunau, called, *.ud he lode a git y lioisu into Cambiidgc on the ewmng of the 7th May. Tied his hoi>r up in fiont of (lillett's, and somo f> w nmnilm aft< i accused came in and asked him if his hoise would cniry double, sis hn wanted to go home. Told him no, but if he got a ttap he would diive linn home. On going out some tune aftei saw white hair lymi' on tho road, and concluded tli it the tail had hi ton cut off his Inn-e. Found the horse subsequently in the condition dociibed by the constable. Had been annoyed on two pievious occasions with similar oflemes. ( )n one occasion his hoise had been taken out of Hewitt's stabler Jly accused I s.iw you at the hotel about 10 o'clock. Did not t>eo Jackson at tho time, but saw him between 8 and !t o'clock. l>y Constable Miennau : Jackson apologised since the occunence, foi being with Lumsden on the occasion ami assisting in the aflair, and offered to pay any oxpense 1 ! that ho might be put to. Isy the liench : ToldJacksonth.it if tho case could be withdiawn I would accept his offer to nettle! it. Jaclcuon otfciod me U 7 10a. T believe, hid I known who it was at the outset, T flhould have gone to themselves, and not to the po'H<C>sJlajl gone to tho police and awked to ha\o UiWcase with-dia-wn. Had previously lost :i saddle and bridle off my hoi'tio, and these ai tides wore htill mining. Soveial witnoHses were called. The evidence wont to hliow that both defendant woic in the vicinity when the Ho-called joko was pcipotiated. Lumsden was mwii with Mi Kuuumau j Uudlc in lut Iwiid. Uutluuw ,

it ol|t oil till! load, sa>lllg tllllt it Would do ful till 1 pool , II". it \\ Is Ollh " I IK le .lullll 1 ' iii idle Mi- al-o .i^Kitl mil' of the witm ss ( >m to >-ny nothing .it, nil about it, an they ueie uiily having a Ink with "Undo .lohn\ hm>i>. The accused called John Arnold who testified to haunt? caught defendants in the .itt The> lioth walked oft whin he appeared. Accused mi being asked what he h.id to sa\ fm himself, denied .ill coin 'complicity m the otcnn once, and did not know .mvthing >vt "H about w ho flipped the lioim'. If I- was ah\,i>H being accused of things- of which he was innocent, and conipl uned of the injustice to which Ixwas thus subjected. On this decision he was iiding home quietly himself, when complainant's hoi se galloped past him on the ro\d with his tml clipped. The bench imposed a fine of £">, with t"_» 10-<, half the estimated damages to tin how, with t'J ll's costs; in default, two months' inipiisonment, with haul lalxnn This wns the second time, the X M. re inaiked, that nccused h.id been l» fon the couit on a chaigc of lauikiiiMii. The next timn he tame up he would be sent to .Mount Kden without the option of a hue. The bench also wi-hed it to be known that if any of the witne^es who wine innocentl\ iniM d up m these eases weie brought foi u nd the\ would be tie.ited witli ef|iial ■<e\(iit\. Accused could think hun-elf \ei\ luck> th. t he was not -i lit to gaol. The othei .ucu-i il w ill bo In ought fotwaid ,it the n. \t ■'ittiiiL,' of the couit