LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6571, 8 December 1882, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Thursday. [Before J. E. Macdonald, Esq., R M.] The weekly sitting to hear and determine small debt claims was heM this morning, and the following business disposed off: — U.N'DKKr.NDED CxKES (JPDCMENT FOR Pi.aintiff). — A. Richardson v. A. Wilson, £4; costs, £2 5s 6d. Holland and Fortzer v. H. N, Thornton, £3 17s ; costs, £1 3s 6d. R. Hampton t. John Hall, £4 12s ; costs, 13s. James Stodart v. Patrick Mclntyre, S3 15s ; costs, £1 8s 6d. The same v. James Atkinson, 12s 6d ; costs, £1 8s 6d. The same v. Bernard McCaffrey, £11 13s; costs, £2 lis. The same v. Patrick Hayes, £22 63, costs, £5 2s. M. H. Keesing v. G. H. White, £16 ISs 3d. Grey and Son v. Richard George, £25 4s 3d ; costs, £4 13s. T. Belcher v. Francis Dyer, £5 3s 3d ; costs, £1 17s. Adam Emrile v. Edward Piessi, £7 7s 6(1 : costs, £1 17s. St John Keyse v. W. West, 17s Gd ; costs, £1 2s Cel. Jcdcment SmtMO^SE-i. —Somerfield and Leek v. Alexander Bryden, Thomas Fordyce v. William Loundes, £1 14s 4d. Isaac Levy v. P. C. Jones, £5 3s Gd. B. H. Betts v. F. O. Fisher, £5 12a 6d ; ordered to pay in a month, or, in default, to he imprisoned for seven days in Mount Eden. Taine Brothers v. Richard George, £7 6s 9d ; ordered to pay in a month, or, in default, eight days' imprisonment. Augustus Aley v. Bridget Nolan, £2 ; ordered to pay by l«t of February, or four days in Mount Eden. Wood and Saunders v. John Mullally, £20 ; no order made. Moses v. Farrell, £9 16s ; order made to p*y the debt at 5s a week. Moses v. Stephens, £6 3s Gd ; ordered to pay the amount forthwith, or fourteen days' imprisonment. Smith v. Smith, £7 Gs; ordered to pay within a month. Smith v. Foster, £7 Gs; ordered to pay before the first week in. January, or seven days' imprisonment in default. Hunter and Nolan v. George, £20; ordered to pay within one month, or 14 days in Mount Eden. Stillwell v. George ; ordered to pay within a month, or 14 days' imprisonment. DEFENDED CASFS. Williams v. Bcp.goyne.—Claim, £5. Mr. George for plaintiff; Mr. Tyler for defendant. This was a claim for supply of fish. The goods were delivered at the railway station by the order of the defendant. It was a part, however, of the defence that there was no delivery. It appeared, however, that some part of the goods got bad. The defendant swore that allowance of £3 4s

3d, and the carriage was agreed to. There were some of the items charged for which defendant said were never received at all. Nonsuited. Warnock Bhos. v. Hawkes.—Claim: £1 15s. Mr. S. Hesketh for plaintiffs ; Mr. T. Cooper for defendant. The action was for goods sold and delivered. The defendant paid Is lid into Court, and denied the delivery of certain portion of the goods. The claim was a grocery account, and the delivery was alleged to be made to the children of the defendant. The particulars of the claim were wholly matters of account, credit allowed, admissions of the debt, and promises to pay. There was considerable conflict as to dates and amounts. Judgment for plaintiffs. POLICE COURT.—Thursday. [Before J. E. M-icdoaald, Esq., R.M.] Drunkkxvkss. — A nnn and a women were punished for thi- oiii-iuf. Scppokt (if WiKr: am) Family,—George Gage, a native assessor, who had been summoned for neglecting to contribute towards the support of his wife and children, was ordered to pay 24s a-week for the support of his family. tßefore Messrs. Joseph Newman, Hall, and McDonnell, J.P.'s] Breaches of the Shippino and Ssamen's Act.—Oscar Brostoom and Frans Hanberg pleaded guilty to deserting from the ship Margaret Gnlbraith. Sergeant White stated the case. Defendants deserted their ship on the 30th ult., and were arrested by the police at the gumfields, some distance in the country. As prisoners had stated that they were determined not to 50 on board, he would ask for a lengthened term of imprisonment, defendants said the bunks were not fit to sleep in, owing to the inflow of water. The captaim replied that the forecastle vu in quite a fit state to sleep in.

Prisoners were sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour. The Bencii s»id it was determined to try and put down the practice amonest sailors of coming ont to the colony and then deserting their shipe, when they had offers of higher wages than they could get at Home.