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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7264, 25 January 1889, Page 3

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Thttrsday, .Tanuaby 24. [Before C. A. Wray, Esq.. R.M.] Crra, Cases.—W. Baylis v G. Helingford, claim, £1 8s 4d; judgment for plaintiff Same v John Sniithers, claim, 16s sd; judgment for plaintiff. W. Brooking v Thomas Hooper, claim, £3 16s. Mr Cuthbertson for plaintiff, Mr Wilding for defendant. The claim was for the maintenance of an illegitimate child, of which defendant was the father. Plaintiff stated that he had agreed with defendant to keep the child for 6s per week. In answer to Mr Wilding, plaintiff admitted having seen an agreement by which one Dally undertook to adopt the child ana thus release Hooper of all liability. Defendant said an order had been made against him in the Christchurch Court to pay 10s per week in support of the child. He Had since agreed that Dally should adopt the child, and the arrangement with Brooking had been entered into by Dally. Defendant had given Brooking two sums of 12s for the purpose of buying the child some clothes and boots. Judgment for plaintiff. Mary Ann Parkin v George Parkin. An order o< the Court had been made against Parkin to contribute £1 per week towards the maintenance of his wife. Since then he had s»ved a term of imprisonment for disobeying the order. Mrs Parkin stated that her husband had been working and earnine tls per day. The case was adiourned for a week, in order that the police might make enquiries as to defendants ability to pay. -