R. M. COURT, TE AWAMUAU. Thursday, 2nd July.—(Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, K.M.) CIVIL CASES.

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R. M. COURT, TE AWAMUAU. Thursday, 2nd July.— (Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, K.M.) CIVIL CASES.

Mr*. M. Coßiim*\. CuAiir.rs Tkmple. — Judgment summons £22. Mr Greaham for plaintifF. Plaintiff got judgment against defendant on the 3rd July, 1884, but no inoni^y on account of the judgment had been paid by defendant. — James Trewin gave e\ idenc" to having paid defendant thfi sum of £•"> 3s (kl for Hphtting posts last May.— Defendant deposed to having an acre at Kihikihi, for which he would not take £30, and for which he had fought and bled, which ho declined to part with bin birthright ax Esau did for a mess of pottage. He had no offer to make. Ordered to pay one pound a month, in defmlt two "months' imprisonment. Defendant left the box declaring in a tragic m inner that plaintiff was a most hardhearted person. Mits Con hoy v. Johv Ajjk.v. — Tudginent summon*, £H 14s 2d. Mr (irc-ih.im for plaintiff. Ordered to pay £J a m Jiith in d< f.vult three months' impugnment. S\Mh \. M. (i. Nkal.— Judgment Mimtnon\ 813 2s lid. Mr (irexham for plaintiff. Adjourned till next court d.iy. S\mk v. J. (i. Bkrky.— -Judgment Minimoii", £27. Mr (iresham for plaintiff. Defendant disputed the amount of the aacount. He wan unavoidably ab^nt w hen the case was heard, and be aftenvards consulted .i lawyer, in whose hands he pl.icfd biinxflf. He had a «et-off for value of hoi sen and harness. The court explained that the judgment must stand, and th.it the defendant must make nut hin account against plaintiff. Plaintiff having admitt'd a "«3t off of £S, the bjnc'i adjourned the cane till next court day, defendant in the meantime to make out hw account, and endeavour to have the matter settled by aibitration. The couit considered tho amount admitted should have been struck off the amount before bringing the cams into court, but as the solicitor wan not instructed in tho matter of the £8 until that morning, he would adjourn tho case in order that it might be settled.

HOU.SE-BUKVKINO. Samuel Temple, aged 17, was charged on the information of Constable Ryan with feloniously breaking andenteiipgthc dwelling of one Hopa Te Rangianini at Kihikihi on tho 28th June, find stealing therefrom a gun, powder, shot and caps. Sergt. -Major McCJovern conducted the prosecution, and asked that the cane should be dealt with summarily. Prisoner pleaded not guility. Hone, a native, deponed that he lived with others in a house at Kihikihi. He had a gun there. [Gun pioduced and identified.] Ho left the house on the 28th, returning on the 30th, when ho found the window broken. He informed the police. The constable went with him to see the hnu.se, and they misted the articles mentioned. Hopa te Rangianini, sworn, identified a flask of powder, box of cans, and a bag of shot as his property. He left them in the house. He leinembered a gun being in the hou^e. He identified Home papers found in the possession of the prisoner as his. By the prisoner : I dentihod the canister of powder as being his by its general appearance, as also the bag of shot and box of caps. They were left in his charge. At this stage of the case, Set gt. -Major McGovern asked the bench to amend the information, as only the gun belonged to the native whose name appeniert on the information. The court acceeded to thp request. The first witness, ro-called, valued the gun at fc'l 10s. Constable Ryan deposed to arresting the prisoner, and to finding the gun and other articles in his possession. Prisoner said he found the articles in a paddock. This closed tho case for the prosecution. For the defence, Andrew Potts deposed that Alfred Kennedy, a boy, told him that a gun was lying jn a paddock through which witness was driving a team. He could not leave his horses to pick up the gun, but when ho got to the bush he told the prisoner what Kennedy told him. That was all he knew about the matter. Alfred Kennedy, 13, sworn, deposed to seeing the gun lying in a pnddock. He told last witness. He did not touch the Charles Temple, father of the prisoner,

deposed to his son showing him a gun, winch ho said ho had picked up in a paddock. He told prisoner to put the gun back where ho found it, but he said it \\ .»s an old biokcn one, and thought it mint ha\e been thicun .away b\ someone. l'ri&onor said he found the gun as stated, and the pa pen also. Ho thought the paper-, had been Uhed as a u, aiding for the gun. Could read. ])id nut know why he did not tell the countable he had found the gun and papers. Saw Hopa's name <>n the pa peis. Did not mean anything by hiding the tho gun when the constable camo to arrest him. Was in the habit of putting things away when anyone c uno to the hou«e. Ho did not know Constable Lowthei was stationed at Kilnkihi to do |x>lice duty. The bench adjourned the case for a fortnight, as it w.n thought otheis weic implicated, and by th.it time the police would piolubly hive fullei inhumation, and it would bo pio\ed whothei the piisoncr was innocent or guilty.