CAMBRIDGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1433, 20 June 1868, Page 6

CAMBRIDGE.

(fBOM OUB OWN COHEKSI'ONDENT.) Mr. Searancke, R.M., held his usual monthly Court here on Wednesday las', Lieut.-Colonel Lyon and Captain J. Wilson wera also on tho bench. The cases brought before tho Court wero this month of somewhat more interest and importance then usual. The first case was that of Ward v. Knox. Tho defendant in this case is an auctioneer, and at an auction, which ho lately held here, knocked down to Mr. Ward a lot of riding breeches at eleven shillings a pair. The proprietor refused to allow Mr. Ward to hava them, as he said they ought to have been knocked down to Mr. Kobineon at the rate of lOs. 6d. a pair. Mr. Ward, valuing the breeches at £1 per pair, brought the preeentaction against ,Mr. Knox for the sum of £2 14a, which ia the difference between his bid and; valuation for six pairs of breeches. Tho Court, after hearing the evidence as to the purchaser, gave a verdict for tho plaintiff to the full amount claimed with costs. Next case was that of Kobineon v. Turner, claim £4; judgment; by default. The man Craig -was then on a charge of horee-steal-ing, and remanded for a week. Frederick Ohitham was charged with desertion from the MountedOonetabulary. It came out in evidence that the prisoner had received it pass from Inspector Jfoule for fortyeight houra, in order thit he might proceed to Cambridge to try and purchase oats, which he did not eucceed in doing, and accordingly proceeded to a place on tho borders of the aukati, where ho and his wife, a native woman, had roeided for some time, and had planted maizo and potatoes. Chatham's wife, who by-the-way was called for the prosecution, said that they had only remained long enough to partake of some food, which was under process ofcjoking on their arrival, and that her father ordered him to return, Bβ he would not allow any European to stop there. Chitham and she accordingly returned as fur as Mr. Moon's place at Maungatautari.—A native deposed to having seen Ohitham without the -white band on his cap, and that a Hauhan had seen the prisoner, but held no conversation with him. The constable, who arrested him at Maun tatautari, said that when he met with Chitham, tha prisoner told him he would have been at Cambridge before then, but that he had lost his horse, and had been looking for it for some hours. —The Besident Magistrate, in passing sentence, said the Court had no option in the mattorl it had been proved that he had taken the band off his cap, that it had not been shown that he wan on his way back, wherefore he must find him guilty, and sentence him to pay a fine of five ehillings, and be imprisoned with hard labor in Her Majesty's gaol at Mount Eden for the epace of three months.

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