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Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7141, 31 August 1888, Page 6

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CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday, August 30 " [Before R. Beetham, Esq., Rmi DRUNKENNESS.-For a first offwvL » woman was fined ss, or, in default teT J* four hours' imprisonment with hardim!?" Civil Cases.—Sheath v the MlufirSF* and Rangiora Road Board? £ %«? damages for dismissal from the offiSl Clerk and Surveyor to the Board vSk °t due notice, and without wa»al«n thereof Mr Gresson for EtM Joynt for the defendant Board. ]&«& case, in which evidence had prevkmSJ been taken, argument was now Beard «S judgment was reserved. Cohen vaSS? Kirk and Co., Limited, and H RtruS , claim £60 9s Bd, amount of a diriior«»3' promissory note. Mr Kippenbew«fc2 plaintiff, Mr Holmes for X d3Ei *5 kirk. The plaintiff sought to make Kb* who signed the note as ManagerofttS Comp *S£' Pe raonallv Nable, arguimf(£! as he did not set out on the face of tS hf e wi at s h o e i&fi the plaintiff against theCompanv onW .»5 for the defendant Kirk peraowSSr fflcosts. Mr Kippenberger stated thS plaintiff would appeal. Graham v Whlta! claim, £4 5s 4d. for bread supplied <m Doubleday for plaintiff, Mr Russell forS f endant. Judgment was for plaintiff ft* 3fj 6d. Stone v Smart, £8 la &, M d Rnfl v Smart, £5 14s. These were claims!* wages as carpenters. The defendant m. sisted them, alleging that the work h3 not been done properly. Judgments w*» for plaintiffs for the amounts claimed with costs. Berry v Tisch, claim £U& 6d. Mr Russell for plaintiff, Blr Holme for defendant. Plaintiff stated that on m about July 26th he placed thlrty-nine to sheep to depasture in one of his paddocb at Styx, and on the next day they wen missing. In one corner of the padaockk found the fence broken down. From wh»| came to his knowledge he believed that two of plaintiffs'horses had broken down the fence, and got into the paddock, alao that plaintiff nad removed the horse* without repairing the fence. The sheen I got out by the gap. Seventeen of them since the issuing of the summons had been recovered from Templeton pound, Jot the value of the sheep not recovered, the pound fees paid, loss of time searching for the sheep, and for the coat of repairing the fence, plaintiff now sued in toe amount named in the plaint. The defence was that the horses made the gap oh July 17th; the fences round; the paddock were not sheep-proof in several places, and if the plaintiff had examined the paddock Defore turning in his sheep he would have discovered the fap, and the loss would not have occurred. udgment was for plaintiff for £12 8s with costs. Judgments went for plaintiffs, by default, with costs, in Goston v Blytb, £3 6s 7d; Berry and Co. vLiuton, £51551 M: Hyslop and Co. v Roberts, £14 12s; ana Mutual Benefit Building Society v Coulter. £7 9s4d. ASHBURTON. Thubsdat, August 30. [Before Mr C. A. Wray, R.M.J Alleged Assault.—An alleged asaanS case, Quaid v Foreman, was called, JE Wilding stated that he had received» letter from informant to the effect that he had settled the matter with defendant The case was therefore not proceeded with. Civil Cases.— J. Henry vA. Brown, claim £7 11s od, for board, and residence; judgment by default. J. Hood vW, Fender, claim £1 10s for buggy hire; judgment by default.