RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3592, 16 January 1883, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tins Day. (Before Captain Prcece, R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. George Smith, charged with drunkenness, pleaded guilty, and was lined .'>s and costs, -witli the usual alternative. CIVIL CASES. Hoggard v. Walker.—Adjourned case; Further adjourned fora month on the application of Mr Sheath in the absence of Mr Lee. Mayo v. W. L. MoKcnzie.—Claim £13 2s 4d. Judgment for £8 Ms Bd, with costs 19s. Simpson v. Rotter.—Claim 19s Gd. Judgment by default for amount, with cost 10s. De Lisle v. Barlaw.—Claim £3 8s Unprofessional attendance. Judgment by default for amount, with costs £1 7s, and counsel's fee £1 Is. Mr Lascelles represented the plaintiff. Knight Bros. v. Evans, judgment debt. Defendant was ordered to pay £o per month until amount is paid up, or in default one month's imprisonment. E. Dixonv. J. Branley.-Claim £3 11s for damages to horse and buggy hired by defendant from the plaintiff. Mr Laseelles appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Cornford for the defendant. This case occupied the time of the Court to the adjournment, and the R.M. gave judgment at 2 o'clock. In giving judgment His Worship said there was some doubt concerning the alleged negligence, and the defendant was entitled to the benefit of it. It was a question whether the harness got loose at Taradale or after defendant left there. If the latter was the case the plaintiff contributed to the damage by not having supplied lights for the buggy. Judgment would therefore be for the defeudant, with costs £2 Is.