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CHRISTCHURCH. Thtjusday, October S3. (Before R. Beetham, Esq., 8.1C.) Cm- Cases,—Patterson ▼ Barker, eSalilb £5 for rent of a paddock. Mr Seattle as» peared for the defendant-, who pleaded that the rent was not to be paid befos-s----hand, as alleged. Judgment vrm fm plaintiff for the amount claimed, vritt costs, Beatty v Mrs Liddlo, elalrs £o for money lent. Mr BL ippsuaorges appeared for the defence. Piatatlif stated that ia March last he met Mr Llddta. who said that he and his family were so a&SXy oif that he thought of applying for char& table aid. Being acquainted with th® family, plaintiff was sorry for thoica. Ob {>oing to see Mrs Llddle, sho asked, him ia end iter £5 for a little time, and he fws her a cheque. The defence was that tho money was a gift, and that at tbe tinae 41 alleged loan the defendant was & snarriedwoman without any property oi-hss own. Judgment was for Judgments went for plaintiffs by default with costs In Sheppard v Johnston, £11 <& 9d; Whitcombe and Tombs v-Rennor, &1Z 8a 2d; N.Z. Mutual Creditors' Association v Henderson, £30; Weeks v Donnelly, _?1 4s 7d; Sheppard v Bidley, lit* ; Taylor and Oakley v Ridley, M 17s 7d; firigfceiing ? Kobb, £25: Aulsebrook and Co. v Vino; £11 13s lid; Foster v Pearaoa, £8 % Eelrk v Smith, £2 10s; and same v Phillips, M 10s. Keirle v Leathern and same f Frebble were adjourned till October 3QI&. Strauaghan v Ryan, claim £®-&i& oa Ju4&> meat summons. The debtor -4ld uol appear, and was ordered to pay forthwit-tit In- default two weeks* ! 'fmprisoaiaea|. Patton v Stonyer and' Kerr- v-StoayW, judgment summonses, were acliourasi tilt Nov. 13th. ■-•>*

"THS EAR&Y MtBTOUX Off 'Mi!W"*&it« land."—Keirie v Wbitly, claim £2 10a, Mr Martiu for the plaint! ff. Tbe agent or canvasser of the plaintiff, who I® a publisher, of Dunedin, obtained thef otlomog order from defendant:— ** To A. T. Kelrti —I, tho undersigned, have this :fiajjr ordered from P. MeCaUura. * Th© Eargr i History ot New Zealand,' Issued te '«wyp. Eartss, delivery to commeuce about; Hovett|er Ist; price 12s 6& per p«6 (pajrable on delivery) ineiudtag - > covera for binding. G. '.Whltly, enrpeator» Halsweil, Lincoln road, August S2n'4* 1839." Another ageut In plalafcfifa e«|* Sloyment had. early in 1809, tendered t&a rst part of che work to defendant, who would not take delivery, saying that he had seen MeCaUutn, and cancelled lh# - order. P. McCaUum stated that ibe order had not been cancelled. B. Bewebarf deposed thac after the order had heap givea he had seen the defendant,, won said his circumstances would not pcrmft of bis taking ch@ book. Defendant deposed that two or three days-after .givtajf the order he bad seen McCallam,. asil told him that he coald not afford to tatep the work, aud he understood that; on this, the order was caaeelled. Ha was sci then, and was not now, in a posltloa to pay for IC Mr Beejthaoi tmid Chafe* ot coarse, the contract could not ba cancelled without the consent of both parilea. This had not been done, and judgment must- be for plaintiff. Defendant—Bus I have no means to pay for it. Mrßt}«fchara~»Well, they cannot get blood oat of a atonei If you have nothing they canuofc get anything. Defendant -That is jast it, tls»F can't, get anything out of mc. Mr Ms£im —Oa, well; we'll see mfoaab %hmt fof and-by,, -