RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—Feiday.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVII, Issue 4235, 11 March 1871, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— Feiday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.] Judgments for Plaintiffs. — Posseniskie v. Osborne : Claim £5 10s., work clone and goods supplied. — Posseniskie v. Whitmore : Claim £2 55., goo is supplied. — Rees and Tyler v. Gilligan and Wilson : Claim £'13 Cs. Od. Judgment for £5 14s. 6d.-~ Gledhill v. Seymour : Claim £8 7s. lOd. Agreed to pay 10s. per week. — Williams v. Halstead : Claim £1 35., work done. —Lees v. Clark : Claim £4 14s. 2d., services rendered. — Rainbow y. Wilson : Claim £5 18s. 9d., balance of account due. — Binney v. W. Clark : Claim £1 14s. 2d., for goods supplied.— King v. T. Miller : Claim £4 Is. 6d., for goods supplied. Ordered to pay 30a. per month until debt be liquidated. — Halliday v. W. G. Gray : Claim £11, for the breakage of certain glassware. — C. F. Gras v. H. Burg : Claim 10s. Id., for goods supplied.— Keats v. Syminons : Claim £5 10s., an unsatisfied judgment. Sent to gaol for six weeks. — Francis Martin v. John Guilding : Claim £9 65., goods supplied. Adjourned Cases. — Hale v, Clarke : Claim £6 ss.— Fraser v. Witty : Claim £10 19s.— Foley v. Bishop : Claim £20.—Whitson and Sons v. Rees : Claim £5 135., goods supplied. Nathaf and Others v. Rodgers. — Mr. Wynn for the plaintiffs. This was an action for £5 and costs, being an unsatisfied judgment recovered in respect to defendant having interred the corpse of his infant in the Jews' burial-ground. — Mr. Wynn stated that the defendant had made no effort to come to terms with plaintiffs since last Court-day. The plaintiffs would have been willing to have done so if defendant had shown any disposition to do so. — The defendant said he, being a Jew, had a right to have the corpse of his child interred in the burial-ground of his co-religionists. Since last Court-day they had exhumed the body of hia child, which had been buried some time ago, and he had been put to expense in consequence of this exhumation ; and, as business was dull, he had been unable to a y any of the judgment and costs. F* otfei ed to pay 2s. 6d. per week. —lt ws,s ultimately decided to let the case st^d over until next Court-day, to s;ive b<itn parties time to make some arrangement to prevent the case coming before the public again. Dodley Y. Calder.— This was an application for a re-hearing. Mr. Kissling for Calder, and Mr. Wynn for Dudley. — Mr. Kissling read an affidavit from Calder, setting forth the reasons why a new trial should be granted. On last Court-day judgment was given against Calder for £18 16s. and costs, being the cost of three weeks' board and lodging for Mr. Andersen, of the Waiwera.— Mr. Wynn replied - -Application dismissed. Somhmteld v. BOllqway.— Claim £12, cash lent by a cheque on the 10th July, 1869. Mjr, vVynn for the plaintiff, and Mr. Joy fcl the defendant. — Judgment for plaintiu for amount claimed, and costs £3. The Court then adjourned.