SUPREME COURT.-Civil Sittings.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 452, 22 June 1871, Page 2

SUPREME COURT.-Civil Sittings.

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[Before Hisllonor Sir Gh A. Arney, Knight, - ~-- 'Ghief'Jusfcicey andsa^Special Jnry;] - -• ■•-■■■ His Honor took his [seat on the bench at ten o'clock.

.. .FERNANDEZ ~ .V. , IV -CfiOSBp;.—rB^ZEHBAKK G-oi/d j Mine.—Mr. Rees, Mr. Joy, and Mr. Bennett fpr the.plaintiff; Mr. Whitaker, Mr. Heskqth, and Mr. Richmond For tbfr defendant.—This case, part heard yesterday, "was resumed this morning.- t . The first witness called was James Skenft;'the legal imanager of the Hazelbank Gold Milling Company. The facts deposed to by tliis witness were in the main the same as those adduced in evidence the previous day. The only addiiions made were that on the 19th of October the company was indebted to Crosbie to the extent of £173 17s. Id., to Beveridge and Ritchie £38 12s. 6d., R. H. Stevensofi' £11, VWm.- Eisle/ ,£.4 ( lGs,- James Skene,-%Slo'2s. ''3d, ' The 'remainder of his evidence related to accounts, and details of suits 'instituted, and judgments. obtained, •whicbuposseßs interest only for the parties to the cause. Witness ■wis* iidt aware of any resolution adopted by the directors ' for the purpose of abandoning the "groritid. D£d not think the shareholders generally believed the directors, intended jto- abandon the.gi'ound. The ground if sold in 1870/ might fetch £150 or £200. . ■ ■■■ ''