RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1275, 23 May 1883, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Ttoidat May 22nd, 1883. (Before W.H. fcevell Esq., R.M.) BARROWMAS X'; . .COI^UHOIT. Defendant applied for an adjournment .of the case till next court, day, on the ground of the absence of his legal adviser. . Case adjourned for 8 days, bail being allowed in two sureties of £10 each, and defendant in £25. ANDERSiDK V. W. FOX. Defendant was charged on information with unlawful assault at Reef ton, on the 19th instant - The defendant pleaded not guilty. Daniel Anderson : On Friday 18th inst. defendant had a horse in my paddock : I asked him if he would come and take it away; he asked me to drive it away, but I told him I could not. In the evening I drove it out, and on the following morning I met defendant and' told' him I had turned the horse out -but it had returned. He caught hold of me by. the vest, and called me very filthy names : Eventually he let go of me, and I got into my cart and drove away. .... . Cross-examined : You did catch hold of me and shook me, and swore that if I did not go and let the horse out of my paddock you woul<T<lo'alL v sorts of things to me. '. •>'• . ■/).'- Frank Smith : Recollected Bering the parties together. "Fox went up to Anderson, and asked him whether' he intended to let his horse out : he then hold of Anderson by; ;^egrjiL^nd fome. high words passed i :' hewd, Xtiderspn say that he had known"' 'M&^ot Ovyeari,- and that he was o'nlyja bounce,.: this .was after the assault had taken'place,. William Campbell : Did not Bee any assault,' but-heard-'Aaderaon say he would call the police. Heard Fox ask Anderson to let his horse out, aud Anderson said he would nc(t. , ..,.., The same defendant was further charged with .using abusive language. Daniel Anderson : Said that on the day jn. question, Fox caught hold of his clothes, and raised a stick over him, and called him a b— «^ dog,- "and wretch, and hypocrite. Frank Smith : Heard Fox use abusive language to Anderson. Heard him use the words b liar ; also heard him say hypocrite, considered the language abusive. Orosa-examined by defendant. You offered to light Anderson, and he said he knew the time he would not let you in-., suit him. He said he had known you fur 20 years and you were only a bounce. • Defendant waa fined 10s for the assault and a similar sum for using abusive language. Civil Cases. Gin v. McConnoughie : This waa a claim for £8 16s for keep of horse. ■ -Defendant denied the liability in toto, and asked for an adjournment of the case until next court day, owing to the absence of hia solicitor. His Worship refused to grant the adjournment. v . (1.) Plaintiff said defendant came to him to buy a horse, and a bargain was struck — £18 being the price agreed upon. Defendant had no money, but gave at) acceptance at three months for the amount. Some days after the .hone wag returned, defendant asking plaintiff to take care of it. The horse had Bihce been in witness 1 possession, and he now sought to recover the amount claimed for its keep. {2 ) Dafendant said that on a recent Occasion he went to the plaintiffs stables to hire a horse He was on the spree at the time, but having got the horse he returned it when he was. done with it,, and was then told that he had bought it. This he denied, and left the house with plaintiff. He had no idea of purchasing the animal, as he had plenty of horses of his (3.) Judgment for tj& amount claimed and costs. '' i Dunn v. Irving : This was a claim for £6 ss, balance on erection of four room cottage. j, Plaintiff said that he ihad taken a contract from defendant to erect a cottage for £25. The work tas to have been completed in a fortnight, but owing to the want of material, it/took seven weeks, and finally defendant w uld not allow him s to finish it. ] Wwdaut : Said tbJ place was not <

inished, the passage had to be dadoed, j fche windows and doora flushed, the room j sailed, and the kitchen as well aa the ' Front room tor be lined and ceiled. All j this work was in the contract; which was I a verbal one : Had paid plaintiff £18 15s for what he had doile, and considered , that quite sufficient : Was not in* a position to pay any more on account of the work. Judgment for plaintiff fix £3 and costs. Thomas & M'Beath v. Bates : Claim for £6, for goods sold and delivered. No appearance of defendant. '. - Judgment for the amount with costs. Mr Jones for plaintiff. Same v. R. Whittem : ThU was a similar claim for £8 10». Judgment by default for amount claimed, and costs. - ' Mr Jones for plaintiff. The court then, adjourned.