AKAROA LAW.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3566, 22 June 1872, Page 3

AKAROA LAW.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LYTTELTON TIMES. Sib, —A latter appeared in your issue of the 18th inst., under tho heading of “ Akaroa Law,” and signed " Fair Play." The letter must allude to a case heard at the Magistrate’s Court, at Pigeon Bay, on tho 11th, Rutter v. Houghton, as that was the only one heard on that day. The writer makes two statements, that tho Magistrate refused to hear tho plaintiff out, and refused to receive documents ho produced. I was a listener at tho hearing of the cose, and, with others who were present, cannot but feel great indignation at the fabrications contained in the letter. Tho Magistrate gave the plaintiff a full and patient hearing, and received, although not evidence, the only document produced —a paper utterly irrelevant to the question at issue, and which, was read aloud. The cause of action arose at Pigeon Bay, and therefore could not be tried out of tho district where the hearing of the case must have taken place, had even the plaintiff gone to other parts of tho colony, instead of going to the Head of the Bay. A DISINTERESTED SPECTATOR. Pigeon Bay, June 18,1872.