RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 85, 11 August 1877, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

I ' : Jrt 'fOXTON,

1 Wednesday, Bth August, 1877. ' (Before J. T. Stewart, and E.~ S. Thynne, Esqs., J.P/s.) John Farden, was charged on the m- - formation of Constable Purcell, with being drunk and disorderly on the night of 21st July. , Accused pleaded not guilty. I ' Constable Purcell, being- sworn, said • he Was-in the billiard-room of Whyte's Hotel on the evening of July 21. Farden | came m, caused great annoyance, and , wanted to bet with him. Mr Whyte asked him to-put defendant out, and he did so. Defendant wanted to fight, but was ultimately taken away by his ■friends. Mr "W^hyte corroborated the eon- , stable's evidence, adding that defendant" i had, come to his house drunk, and he had told him unless he was quietehe would, be put out. . . w Defendant said that he had come , from the other house,' and had been - talking to some friends outside-Whyte's, and afterwards "went into the billiardroom.. He denied being drunk. , .Fined £1 and 11s 6d costs, or 48»^ hours. _ ' CIVIL CASES. Campbell >. Kennedy, claim £8 for wages. . * s This case was adjourned at request^ of the plaintiff from last Court day. * Campbell, being sworn, sfi^rJ &m a ' laborer, and claim the anJS&t for 37 chains of ditching. I was sent by Kennedy to do the work. I was paid by Kennedy 3s per chain for former 40 chains. When. I asked Kennedy *io pay me for my, sixteen days' work, he told me he | had no money but would settle with me, but he has never done* so. A f John Wilson deposed that about the Bth March last, he received a notice from defendant that he was. sending plaintiff to finish the work. They were sixteen days m all at it, and he had received his share of the payment. This ended the case for the plaintiff. \ P. Kennedy deposed that Campbell f was to jprork the job by contract. He** had never agreed with him to work by 1 the day. . " - ' £ Constable Purcell proved having ,| written the notice, and that Kennedy J had said to Campbell, " If you are idle, | why sot, go and work with' Wilson." If of private conversation passed between* Kennedy and Campbell when the former^ was m the lock-up. y Mr Dawson deposed that very little j work was done. When Campbell and '■ Wilson went to work, he was quite under the impression that Campbell was a partner m the contract. ■ < "J. Wilson,, being recallejd, said he ■ thought that Campbell represented Kennedy m the contract. ' The price for the , 37 chains was 6s per chain. J Judgment was given for plaintiff for I £5 12s ; costs £1 3s. I Crowther v. E. M. Symons, claim £4 I 2s Bd, for goods supplied by order to I Hoani Takerei. , s Judgment for £3 10s, and costs 9s. '£t The case of Te Heraeni te Horiv.-* Davis, was adjourned till 22fid Aug. >