R.M. COURT, TE AWAMUTU. Thursday.—(Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R.M.)

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R.M. COURT, TE AWAMUTU. Thursday.— (Before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R.M.)

CIVIL CASKS. Elmsley v. McKeox.— Mr Gre^bim for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff, '£ j2s 4d, costs, £117s. Elmsley v. Harhy Cauteii.—Mr Greshatn for plaintiff. The defendant attempted a defence at, to two item* of the account charged, but judgment was ggivenv y en for plaintiff for" whole amount claimed, 'J35 4s 5d ; costs, £1 275. >L <

ALLKUBD OKUIiLTY TO A HORSE. R. Forsyth, of To Awamutu, storekeeper, wa« charged on the information of the police with cruelly ill-treating 'a .horse-an the 18th instant.— The defendant! pleaded not ffuilty. — Mr Gresliam, who represents the Auckland Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animal*, informed the court that from what he had ascertained of, the case he did not propose to intervene. '-ftf. W. Rotfey, of Te Awamutu, , qaddler, de,posed to the fact that on the date in question he flaw the accused driving the horse while the wheel of the cart was chained. He saw accused beating the horse with a stick first, and afterwaids with; a* whip. Cross-examined by the accused, "this witness admitted that he knew nothing about horses, had never been in a saleyard and had never seen a horse driven with the chain of the cart-wheel fastened. In reply to the court, witness stated that he considered it was cruel to drive a horse with the wheel thus fastened. — Isaac Cremer, assistant at Mr Bridgman's t store, deposed in corroboration of the last • witness, and also that he saw the accused , drive the horse in the manner described for j over half-a-mile.— Cross examined *ny accused, this witness stated that he Mfrd ' not know bow many yards made a mile, > Hdr did be know what was meant by an • ordinary /springr-cart whip.— The court reproved this witne>>s for the manner in which be had fenced with the questions, put in cross-examination by the accused, i and also for the animus which he (Cremer) had evinced towards the accused. — The charge was dismissed. — The accused ap- . nlied for costs, which were not allowed, as the information had been laid by the police. This was all the business.