RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 18, 22 January 1868, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Monday, January 20. (Before J. Poynter, Esq., E-M.) Thos. Field v. J. A. Langford. — This was an action to recover 24/. 15, for ale supplied to the defendant, who failed to appear. Mr Vitt appeared for the plaintiff, who obtained a verdict for the amount claimed, with 2/. 19s. costs. Thos. Field v. Thos. Wall. — This was a similar action to the preceding, to recover 84/. Is. 3d , balance ot account, and the defendant, who resides at Blenheim, having: appeared and admitted the debt, was adjudged to pay 50/. in a fortnight, and the balance in six weeks' time. Thomas Field v. King and Cowley.— ■ An action to recover 94/. 14s. 6d., balance of account rendered for goods supplied to the defendants, who are merchants at Westport, and who did not appear. Mr Pitt appeared for the plaintiff, who obtaiued a verdict for the amount claimed, with 3/. 15s. costs. W. K. Waters, v. Edwin Gough. — This was an action to recover 26/., amount of rent due for the occupation of premises in Bridge-street, known as the Oxford Billiard Eooms, and kept by the defendant. Mr H. Adams appeared for the plaintiff, who obtained judgment for the amount, with 3/. 13s. costs. J. DeCarle v. David Wilson. — This was an action to recover It. the price of a horse in dispute. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff had sold the horse in question to the defendant in June 1866. In the following February it was placed in charge of the plaintiff, together with a watch, as security fo V some goods purchased by the defendant from him, for which he had given four bills of 10/. each, one of which had been paid, and 5/. ss. 2d. on the second. The plaintiff denied that a promisary note for 8/. by Mr Sigglekow was given by the defendant on account of any of these bills, or that he had received a cheque for 6/. 18s. 6d. signed by a person at Takaka, these having been carried to the defendant's general account. In April last he summoned the defendant for the value of a piano and trap, but he denied ever agreeiug that if the defendant paid him 10/., and returned the piano and trap, he would square accounts with him, and since the judgment, the defendant had had possession of the horse, until he let it, about three months ago to Turner. From the evidence of Mr T. Corbett, it appeared that what he understood to be a final settlement of matters between the two parties at issue had been arrived at (independently of the judgment in the Resident Magistrate's Court J in August last, and judgment was therefore given for the defendant with costs. J. Humphrey and Stephen Lambert v. A. Jacobsen. — An action to recover 26/., the amount of an acceptance due in November, 1864, with interest. The defendant admitted the debt, and had remitted 5/. in payment.. Judgment for the plaintiffs, 5?. payable at once, and the balance in two months, with \l. 2s. costs. James Ramsey v. Joseph Watkins. — Action to recover 33/. 10s., alleged to be due to the plaintiff for 26 weeks' labor in the service of the defendant

at 255. perVeek. A set-off of 35/. 4s. 3d. was claimed by tlie defendant for money paid and advanced, and the case was dismissed. Tuesday, January 21. Frank Fisher v. Alfred Helps.— This was an action to recover 66/. including 20/. alleged to have been paid by the plaintiffs to recover possession of his cattle taken in execution, in satisfaction of a warrant issued at the instance of Mr Morey, against the plaintiff for BS/. odd, for damages sustained by taking and retaining these cuttle, and for the value ot one bullock taken but not returned. The defendant, the bailiff of the Court, who had seized the cattle ia question, on the following day tendered the plaintiff an account 10S/. odd, to meet which he offered to paySC/., which was afterwards refused. The plain tiff* had afterwards paid the amount of tins account, 108/. 3s. 9d., and part of the cattle had been returned. Mr A. Pitt appeared for the plantiff, Mr H. Adams for the defendant. It was pleaded for the defendant that the cattle were very wild, and difficult to muster, and to this fact was attributable the loss of the bullocK in question. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for 5/. 55., the bullock to be returned before 8 a.m. this dtiy (Wednesday, 22nd inst.) ; or, in default, the defendant to pay 15/. additional ; the costs, 71. Bs., to be paid by the defendant. The missing bullock has, we team, since been recovered.