RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1144, 15 April 1870, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

-;.y X Tuesday, April 12. (Before H. B. Scaly, Etiq. , J.P., and J. Gr. Kinross, Esq., J.P.) drunkenness. John Smith' and John L'angan 'were each fined 55., or 24 hours' imprisonment,' for this offence. _ . ,yy ~.X .-.i:;-. ASSAULT. Walter Caulton and William Smith Were charged, on the lnfor triatioh of Chlirles Fd* cett, with having .assaulted him on the 10th instant. „r .. . . „.. - r It appeared, from the evidence" of' the complainant, that on Sunday last , beJ-Jtajt occasion to go to the Spit^ and.fddndrthii his wife was about to proceed to Welling-;; ton, in the s.s. WelUngtojv wUhdtJt his knowledge pr consent-. , She was iv a b'tafc at the wharf, in company with the deferia danfcs, and complainant forcibly took hei* out of the boat and put. her into a cab* where she provoked him, arid he slapped her face,. Upon this the defendants interfered, Smith holding him by the throat, while Caulton, struck bim. The witnesses called on behalf of the complainant did not corroborate bis state* ment, but, on the contrary, expressed their belief that no assault was committed by the defendants. A number of . persons were present, who interfered to prevent the complainant from using violence 'to his. wife, and they held him while she got away from him. lnthe excitement and confusion, it was impossible to tell who did this. The case took up a considerable part of the day, and arose out of s<»me unhappy differences between the complainant and his wife. After the counsel engaged had addressed the Bench, the information Was dismissed. CIVIL CASES. Bowman v. Campbell.— Action to recover £6 18s., the value of 34 dozen bottles. Plaintiff, a soda-water manufacturer, delivered 40 dozen bottles of eerated waters tothe defendant, who only returned about | 6 dozen of the bottles. Judgment for plaintiff for. -£6 10s. and costs, or return of the bottles within two weeks. ' " Focett v. C-WZw.*-— Claim for £13, tha price of a horse sold by defendant to plain-* tiff, which was subsequently taken possession of by the police, as stolen property. It appeared from the evidence that the defendant bought a horse from one M'Neiil, who was staying, in his hotel, for £6 lOs., and afterwards sold the horse to the plaintiff for £13. M'Neill was arrested on a charge pf stealing the horse at Wanganui, and remanded to that place,- tbe horse having been seized and sent to Wanganui for the purpose ot being .dentin*: d by the owner. It was contended by Mr. Carlyon, who quoted several authorities on the suhjecfc, that the defendant was not liable ; but. the Bench decided in favor of the plaintiff for the amount claimed, without costs. Several cases were called ih which the parties did not appear, when the Court adjourned. '