TAURANGA. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Saturday, July 20. [Before H. T. Clarke, Esq., R.M.]

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TAURANGA. RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Saturday, July 20. [Before H. T. Clarke, Esq., R.M.]

James Duffus pleaded guilty to the charge of ex- ■ posing bis person in a public place, and was fined £1 and costs. Monday, July 22. W. I. Donchaisse was charged, on the information of Abraham Warbrick, wfth feloniously stealing a quantity of type, the property of Captain Fraser. , Plaintiff deposed tb»fc on the 19 th June he assisted in' removing from a building in the militia camp a portion of the plant of the Record newspaper. As all the type could not be put in the cart, some was left behind. Complainant subsequently went to remove the remainder, when he found it bad been taken , away. Defendant had in the interval means of Access to the building. ' ; This testimony was corroborated by another witness, who stated that he had on the first occasion referred to been cautioned by the defendant not to enter the building. The Magistrate considered that there was no evidence of the alleged theft by defendant ; nor was it proved that he was in possession of the missing property. The proper course was to apply for a search warrant, and thus endeavour to secure proofs of guilt. I Complainant said he thought that the authorities would have issued a search warrant. The Magistrate replied that the search warrant should be applied for by the complainant. Discharged, Tuesday, July 23. queen v. hill. Edward Swanston Hill was charged, on the information of the police, with a breach of the Licensing Act, by selling % bottle of brandy without a license. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £30 and costs. The same defendant was charged, not on information, with a breach of the Spirit Ordinance by supplying natives with driuk. This was the same case as the former, under another Act. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined £10 without costs. Wednesday, July 24. norbis v. hooper. Claim, £5 ss. 4d. Judgment for plaintiff. SMITH Y. HILL. Claim, £8 13s. Judgment for plaintiff. On defendant asking for time, the Court allowed him a fortnight. DONCHAIS3K Y. WARBRICK. Claim, £14 133. Adjourned hearing. This was for money alleged to be due for advertising and printing, and alio for wages to June 22, a portion of which w«s for. over-time. Defendant stated that the advertisements were, countermanded before the time charged for, and that t the printing had been done for another penop, that he never became responsible for payment of it, and that the plaintiff had been paid for all the tin* he

bad worked ; also that the defendant had written several articles for the newspaper which he had not been paid for. He called Henry Ball, printer, formerly in plaintiff's employ, who deposed that some of the advertisements had been countermanded as stated by the defendant, atnd they were continued to be inserted for the con* venience of the newspaper. He also stated that, when he asked to whom the printing was to be charged, plaintiff replied that it should be charged to Captain •' Fraser. Defendant's books were produced, and showed the payment of £3 to plaintiff. It waa also sworn that the account bpoki of the plaintiff had not been lost in the office as he had stated. Much evidence was taken, and a verdict ultimately ' given for £8 ss.— Taumnga Record.