ST. BATHANS.-Jan. 10.

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ST. BATHANS.-Jan. 10.

[Resident Magistbate's OotrsT. (Before H. W. Robinson, Esq., R.M., and A. Holland, Esq., J .P.; Police v. Hanger.—Suffering billiard:within his house without license. Polio, v Hanrahan.- Same charge, These twc. cases were taken together, by consent. The defendants alleged mat they had applied for licenses some months back, l ut had never had certificates. Tlit-y hau always been willing to pa}', but did uol know to whom the m->ney should be be paid. Both cases were allowed to be withdrawn, on the understanding thai licenses should be taken out-to dat'» from last annual licensing Court. JLeenanand Morgan v. Halley.—Judg ment- summons. This case lapsed, the summons having been for appearance on Ilth December, oii which day no Magis-trate-attended, and there had consequently been no formal adjournment. P. Hanrahan and S. Haiiger were granted billiard licenses. ■ ■■■ ♦— WABDEN'S CoTETi (Before H. W. ltobiuson, Esq., Warden.) St. Bathans Public Chann 1 Company v. Patrick Fitzpatrick. Claim £2, for special rate fors channel maintenance. Mr. Fitzpatnck, in defence, pleaded that his race did not discharge directly into the channel, but into a race of Xu\ lWtou'.-, and that Purton obliged him to tpke special precautions iu regard to quantity of tailings to be discharged. The "Warden held that the iutent'on appeared to be that all parties from whose claims water or tailings were discharged to a common outlet should be liable to contribute This had been shown specialy by the water race companies being rated. Judgment for amount claimed, and lis. costs! Malcolm M'Lood v. Patrick Talty.— Damages £lO, injury to claim situate near the lower end ol tho old main channel. The evidence showed that Mr. M'Leod had arranged with the Channel Committee to be allowed to wash a quantity cf tailings at the discharge end of the lower channel, smothering M'Leod's work. The defence was that the channel was a public one, and that Talty had a right to discharge into it. The Court ruled that M'Xieod, in taking up a claim where tailings were wont to be discharged, must be held to have done so at his own risk. Complaint therefore dismissed. The Warden remarked that it would have been more neighborly to have given a word of warning Grants. Patrick M'CafFery, residence 'area; John Smith and others, extension o£_waler-.race; Brown and others, extended claim ; Murdoch and others, extension of water race; E. Kenny and others, Muddy Creek Company, "three heads of water out of Bullock Gully as additional supply; Joseph Grey and others, alteration uf tail race JS"o. 5340; Peter Millar and others, protection; Patrich Talty and others, protection. (This application was objected to by the Scandinavian Company, and the Warden decided to grant it for 30 days). Barron and .Nolan, protection; Peter Tiernan and others, protection. Cancelled.—U.M.and E. Company surrendered lor cancellation their certificate No. 9269, for extended claim of four acres at Pipeclay £>pur.