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[Pee Peess Association.] WESTPOET, Afexl 30. At the District Court to-day, in the action Sinclair v. Abbott, .£2OO damages for illegal distraint, plaintiff was nonsuited, each party to pay his own costs. Matthews v. the Deputy Assignee in Bankruptcy, a claim of £2OO for wrongful seizure of stock and goods, was adjourned till tomorrow. WELLINGTON, Apeil 30.
In the Appeal Court this morning the case of Eegina v. Howard was decided. James N. Howard was convicted in Auckland on Dec. 10, on a charge of unlawfully wounding. At the trial it was discovered that H. Anderson, a seaman, a witness for the prosecution, had sailed for New York, and Justice Gillies admitted his depositions taken in the lower Court, reserving the question for the opinion of the Appeal Court whether the evidence had been properly admitted. The Court uphold the conviction.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 9092, 1 May 1890, Page 5
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