Resident Magistrate's Court.

Marlborough Express, Volume XI, Issue 876, 16 December 1876, Page 7

Resident Magistrate's Court.

PICTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER" 14. ■ [Before S. L. Muller Esq. R.M. j W. WE WORD V. H. T. MARTIN". In this case the plaintiff sought to recover the sum of £8-193 -lOcl from defendant for goods delivered. Plaintiff stated that.h e had asked defendant for the rnoaey, but had not'been able to gat it. Judgment was given for the amount claimed and 23s costs. E. D. CARLETON" V. ANDREW. HENDERSON". This was an action to recover f4 7s 3d for goods delivered m 1873. Mrs Carleton, wife of the plaintiff, stated that a son of the defendant, now aged about 12 years, had obtained goods fiom her husband while ho (young Henderson) was working at Mr James Robinson's sawmill afc Spring Creek. He' was not living at his fafcber's hoiise when -lie got the goods. The "goods " consisted of clothes, at op, a bott.lo of scent, and sundry other articles.. Witness's husband was unable to be presaut to prove the debt, because he could not leave Spring Creek where he was at work. .He "was a general' dealer. Andrew Henderson deposed that he 'was a laborer living at Big Bush. He had a son aged 12 years. , In 1873 the boy was .about 9 years old, and was working for Mr Robinson.- Witness had never seen -any of the goods alleged to have beon supplied to the boy by plaintiff, aud hai never authoresed the boy to get any goods, nor given instructions to anybody to supply him' with them. The boy always had plenty of; clothes, and there was •no necessity for him to get a suit of clothes. Hi a Worship pointed out tbat as the debt had arisen at Spring Creek, the action should have been brought at the Blenheim Court. Therefore he was nonsuited and ordered to pay defendant's expenses 12s. THOS. OALLOWAY V. JOHN KENNEDY. This was an action to recover £8 3s Id for goods supplied. Plaintiff stated that the defendant owed him this amount, whichuwaa unpaid, though ho had asked for it several times. Judgment was given .for the amount claimed and 1 is costs. L. LEWIS V. RABONE. Plaintiff sought to recover £2 ss, passenger fares by coach from Pioton to Tua Marina and other places. . ■ ■ - Defendant admitted that he owed £1 2s 6d of the amount, but no more." Plaintiff stated that m 1872 and 1873 he was a coach-proprietor aud ran coaches from Picton to Blenheim. The amount claimed was for several faros for defendant? wifo and daughter, and witness swore positively that the amount was due. Judgment wa3 given for plaintiff for the amount claimed and costs 9s. L. LEWIS V. IS. SCOTT. In this case plaintiff sued defendant for £8 4a, for goods supplied. Plaintiff stated that he had been a storekeeper m Blenheim, and had, supplied defendant with goods to the amount saed for. Judgment was given for plaintiff, for . the amount claimed and 13a costs. J. L. CALDER V, E. SCOUT. The plaiutiff m this case sought to recover the sum of £14 15s Sd, from defendant for the value of a mare sold to defendant and the cost of kecpiug the animal for some time. Plair-.tiff proved his claim and stated that he was unable to get his money. . Judgment was given for the amoant claimed and costs 19s. Plaintiff's application for immediate execution wa3 granted. The Court then adjourned.