MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 32, 7 February 1884, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

♦ This Day. (Before Mr. Hardcastle, 8.M.) DRUNKENNEBB. Constable Forraan proved a oharge of drunkenness against a woman who did not appear, and she was fined ss. Another first offender was mulcted in a like penalty. THREATENING) LANGUAGE. Patrick Daley was oharged with having mads use of threatening languago towards Michael Marshall, wherefore the latter prayed that the aooased might be bound over to keep the peaoe towards him. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Edwards appeared for the aooased, and applied for an adjournment of the case, owing to the inability of the prisoner to procure the attendance of a witness until to-morrow. His Worship granted a day's remand. Bail was allowed — accused in .£2O and two Burettes of .£lO eaoh. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. Emanuel Ambrose Simpaon, a young man, was brought up charged with having unlawfully embezzled the Bnm of £1 15s, the property of Edwin Francis Miller, of Patea, in whose service he had been. He denied the offence. Chief-Deteotive Browne applied for a temand to Patea. The Court required to hear some evidence, and Detective Chrystal deposed that on apprehending the prisoner he admitted that he had been in Miller's employ, and had only recently come down from Fatea. The accused was remanded until to-morrow, the polioe stating that the warrant for his arrest would arrive to-night. Bail was allowed— prisoner in .£2O and two sureties of £W eaoh. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES. John Margetts was brought- up oharged with having obtained tho sum of .£4 lss from Joseph M'Caffery, of Auckland, by means of certain false pretences, Mr. Edwards appeared for the acoused, and asked that the prisoner should be discharged, the man having been arrosted without a proper warrant. Chief-Detective Browne explained that Margetts had been apprehended by Acting-Detective Campbell on information obtained from the Polioe Gazette. His Worship held that the prisoner had been illegally arrested, and he was accordingly discharged. civil cases. Judgment Summons.— Scanlon v. Cave, .£23 4s, amount of a judgment summonß for goods supplied. The plaintiff gave evidence that the defendant had joined Mr. Tole, of Auckland, and was now practising as a solioitor. He had received a letter from Mr. Cave stating that he waa in receipt of a regular remittance from Home. His Worship desired to see the letter, and the case was adjourned for its production. W. & G. Turnbully. the Masterton Theatre Eoyal Company, claim £28, goods supplied. Mr. Izard, Jan., appeared for the plaintiffs. There was no appearance of the defendants. The liability was proved by Mr. Capper, manager for the plaintiffs. His Worship required proof that the summons had been served at the registered office of the company, and the case was enlarged for a fortnight. Adjonrned.— R. M. Cleland v. S. B. Thornhill, -£4 7s 10d, goods supplied. Judgments for plaintiffs. — Duncan Cameron v. James Lee, £2 10s ; Kirkcaldie and Stains v. G. M. Park, £7 14s Id. W. France v. W. Baird.— This was an aotion brought to recover the sum of J825, damages alleged to have been sustained through the action of the defendant, a carter. Mr. Alien was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Morrah for the defendant. The evidenoe given by the plaintiff showed that he had leased a cottage at Ohariu to the defendant. One portion of the building was about 12 years old, and the other 9or 10. Some time ago Baird asked him to renew the lease, which he declined to do. Sinoe then the defendant had removed bricks and pieces of timber from witness's house and used them in the erection of a new house on the adjoining section. A witness named Crowe, residing at Ohariu, stated that it was not true he hod seen anyone removing pieces of France's house, as alleged by the plaintiff. The house was a very old one, and had to be propped up to prevent it from falling down. His Worship thought the evidence was rather vague on the point of damages, and the case was adjourned for a week to enable the plaintiff to procure testimony on this question.