LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6948, 23 February 1884, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

.;■;. ■i/fviR.Mi'COnET:— Frtday.':S ; ... ;:;■■■. '■ ' .' "" '^ i [Eef^e\H.y:a..Seth , 7SmltWEiq , V'K»t']>' , -'v , '-' , ' Ajr,:adjparnedsittingof thei Court Was held to-day;;'-■■'' :; f\'''jf-.-L .['..".'<'.',;'('„': :.4. 7 ";; .; , "'. '.;j ■ TSt.w-ios. Kiirc'.sVJ'ilii -and :W;Y;Hellaby.__. Claim, £67 6s sdr. Mr.' Thomas! Wood for tH^ipUintiff^iMri ; ;:b'."Hesliethtlor"the'Vie;'; feDaant;}' , :This',waß a'proceeding to'takeeyi-r 1 'dence/jtbj.tie'forwarded.to the Resident'Magis*" 'trafe , a,;iCp : ur't , at*Kew : 'Plymqath. ; «-Th^' : fiicte /Wtire"'th'e'.'followiDgjVp'sT? depbsediiby,-the"swit- ; neafea.ioT the.plaintiff portion of 48S? ihe;plaintiff U^ ; ageit;for. James; Wai-: ter:.WaHeri : p.roprietof/hf the Oreti, and! the. eaid'yValier ,waß indebted to 'him in 'the! amount;: of iT^lsJd.. :,.<Jne j. Seddelle' K-idd .was. agent/at. '■Waitara. ..■for '■"■ the .shipment, 'pi ■ ■'cattle; from.' WaitirW:to! Auckland. .*.; On the.' J4thj;: of .^JuneJ:;,lSS3,l;AValler '■■ gave to' the.■plaintiff an...■'order:.:"(in"payment of plain tiff) on:.the freight of stock shipped s by toe Oreti,: ■.and-.'iti.waS;-:allege^by,;-^he ., plaintifflthat the defendants agreedjtb.honour:this' order. The ;praer;giyen by;; Waller ;t<y!:to.'plairitiff pro-; ivided.chat.iKing^re'ceipts^ cient.receipt ;to ..discharge] any i;biainvby:the ■ ■/reti'Jegainat a'thei .'defendants/.:". The^defen'- , VdanXs..'denied;.tha^.'theyV;^a(];. : agree-. directed to be ..'fprwardedit'p'thVl&MV-C^ ■■ Parker v. Young;.—£laim^;£3 ; ;23.' : ;:Jtfr; ; .; !■(& ■N.:;;Br3ssey. i f r or_'. : plafntiff'-" -Mr; Hughi iCampell,,!!f q'rV. the !defendant;: viThia ■' !.>cti'cini to-recover. for : dam»ge L .d.pne:.t6 a cab., belonging, to .tb» l 'p!ainti'ff^w : hicK v faa'df;i)'een i ltntv.tb;: !the,plaintiff . to.. go; to : the Ellerslie :Racea oh Boxing Day..,The v defendant is a and.'the; ■to ; 'be,:ypked : 'to/horses : .belonging! iio '• the ;defendant; i.The;.. plaintiff;; proy.ud:".that /the., splintep bar,, /the; !.wheel-irorj,-;■ and . transom-plate. : were' smashed •- ■;■ .that: .before,, ■the/ : cab : started: ■Kβ] to.bject'edlltp; theyhprees "which .defendant. had . ; put. !. inf■..the!cab.! The .defence was '.that , -..the' splinter bar-was' ;rnade of •'? perisKed;" wond. ; at. a l ' particular.; : place (being bpuiid. with '.spun yarn),, and! broke under the ordinary strain;. ; The.plain-. tiff proved thepayiiient: made, to! J. Bruce, .a cqachbuilcler,;'. for -..repairs/, £1: .aud'.,hiß. claim,.. £1, for.!.ipßS; of time.! :! Mr; Bruce; in' cross-exaihihatipbi deposed ihat tlje wppd at the point ;pf fracture was "perished;"! Several -iwj'tness?B.-wer'e ; paHSd-:t6c.^escribe! behaviour of! one of. the hbirses girey),!. which;:kep!t plunging,..etc. started from ihe : Queen's. \Eerry Hotel; '■'. Tulcan! Lane, with Meesrs.:Stinipsbn,.O. Humphreys, and two ptiher .gentlemen, inside.. ::.The.de;; paid 15.8" into Upurti and denied . his liability for the remainder of the: claim., Samuel YouDgj defendan deposed, that' one; of the hprsea was one of the staunchest 1 aDimais. in 2?e.w Zealand. The other! w.as: a; grey mare, rising five years. The splinter.l bar prpdiiCed was t'ed lip .with/tarrf-d rope; j Witness sentjfpr Briice, the coaebmakeir, who: : said the p!ffthe spUnter jpar was ? rotten> : He. !had ;put these hprsea into an.:bmnibus, and they weje-perfectly quiet. James;iiiridsay, a iiab,T.drivgri. deposedthat he. hid ".driven'. , ' •the same. two. horses 20/ miles, bh the;'; Sunday ■previous. They went freely, stopped when; requi.redj and started without much plunge ing'. There \yas some plunging, at etartiDg, . ■but nothing to speak of. Counsel, basing been heard' on "either side. His Worship said the; real question was whether there Tvas any ; neDligence shown, Thore wasnp doubt the splinter bar in. the first, instance: was. not spuhdi ilr. Brassey said .he had to show that this horse should never have, been, placed in the cab. iHe. thereforeiprayed. a nonsuit, to.enable him to britig.'forward;; the case i.'gain. Nonsuited'acc.prdinglyy with ooats.£2 ;, 7si ' ' '.-.'. ;■ :"' '"' ;'

POLICEpOURTi— Friday. ■ '(■ '..■■ [Before Mr; E..li. Prime; Jj;] persons punished for ordinary offences, Elizabeth Wil-,; ■Hams and JuiJhn' Yale, Ipr habitual drunkenT ness, were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment; Obsckne . Kenny, ; for using obscene language in Chancery-street, ; was fined 10s and costs;or :indefault four days' imprisonment; and Thomas. Aitkeny. for. .usirjs; indecent language on the ;Birkeuhead Wharf, !Nprth Shore,' was. cp'sts,;, and Alfred Sayer, for a Bimiiar;pfferice, was'fined iOa; and. costs. .' \ ■ j: ■ [Before His Worship' the Mayor and Mr. E. L. Prlmo ■■..; . - ■■-■■■ ■■■■ J.:v*a ■■ . -•■■■- ;...;■'.,;,;, Wandeking HoESt.s. jDariiei -Alleb.,. charged with allowing his hbrse.tb be at;large, iin Wakeßeld-street) did not appear, and'the. case vyasTPmanded untiinext day, andJSugh Milher, for. a elmilar; oflfghcei.' was. fined"iss COStS. ■ .'•...:..-■ ■, '. .' .C/K.cfiLTY to. ir.as charged with iiUtreating a. cow. Mr. Brasseyj who appeared; for the society; asked that the case might stand over till Monday, tie did So; at the request of ; Mr. Hesketh,' who was ebgaged for the Campbell, charged ; with ill-treating two horses, did not appear. Mr. Braseey appeared for tile. Society for' th« .Prevention iof Cruelty ,to Anirnale. judge Fenton, deposed to seeing the accused vvi.th a waggon removing a. lqad of bricks and wood.. The: horses had more than they could manage; The driver whipped the horses on the legs, and kicked, them (under'the belly'. , : The treatment was no doubt cruel; He, alternated , the kicking and whippingi and witnessrer Sported' the iriatter to the ppi.ice. Herbert:' Frank. Edgar gave .corroborative'''evidence^' , and :in, addition he ; saw the defendant, strike:: 'he hdrse on the. head with a,' paling. A.. fine of 20*: and costs was imposed.' The!:coß.tß' were £i 13s. The defenrlarit;, af this ■ stage 1 appeared, 'and: .explained that;. theshorße, would not work,, never could be made ,to work. The. ilpad. was one which,the hprae was well able, to draw. He was not in a p.Diition. to pay the. fine and bpsts. ..Mr. Br.assey Said, the society wb.ii.ld not unduly press , for the costs, if the Cnuffc would,ailpw: the matter to. stand' over. Tho Bench. allowed him time, to pay the finie arid odate.