LAW AND POLICE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9490, 20 April 1894, Page 3

LAW AND POLICE.

■» MAGISTRATE'S COURT.-Thursday. [Before Mr. H. W. Northcroft, S.M.] Undefended Cases,— the following undefended cases, judgment was given for the plaintiffs by default: —L. D. Nathan and Co. v. James Keyte, £14 7s 3d, costs £2 6s ; E. J. Westlake v. Matthew Harford, £4 14s, costs £l os 6d; W. J. Cooke v. John Coghlan, £2, costs £1 12a ; Colonial Sugar Refining Company v. Langley Brothers, £20 15s, costs £3 13s; Joseph Johnston v. G. Ryan, £29, costs £3 ss; Paterson and Co. v. John Flavell, £15 19s 9d, costs os6d; Wm. Hodgson and Son v. Rose Somerville, £1 Is 9cl, costs 9s ; Collins Brothers and Co. v. Noble and Calvert, £7 12s, costs £1 5s 6d; Joseph Ehrman v. John Hart, £19 19s 9d, costs £2 0s 6d ; John Piatt v. C. B. Morrison, £2 10s, costs lis; Hancock and Co. v. James Maxwell, £9 Bs, costs £2 Is 6d; 1. H. Hall v. James Maxwell, £3 15s id, costs £1 2s ; C. F. Cooper v. J. Colville, £11 13s 2d, costs £1 15s 6d ; J. Hodgson v. W. T. Dave;, £5 2s 6d, costs £15s6d; Robert Rew v. I). Aider ton, £2 18s 9d, costs lis; Robert Rew v. Thos. Thom, 18s Bd, costs 6s: Robert Rew v. lho3. Prendergast, £1 2s 7d, costs 6s ; Robertson Bros, v. Thos. Lupton. £10 Bs, costs 6s ; A. J. Entrican v. J. K. Pierce, £2219s 6d, costs £3 Is ; Samuel Tooman v. G. Connor, £1 17s, costs 6s; Samuel Tooman v Connor (a second case), £1 17s, costs 6s. ' Brown,. Campbell, and Co., v. Thos. FraSkr. —This was an action brought to recover £17 4s, the price of six barrels of beer, in two consignments of three barrels each, supplied to the defendant at Wellington.

The evidence _of the defendant ■ had been taken at Wellington. He acknowledged receipt of the ale, and expressed his willingness to pay £8 12s for the first consignment, but the other _he said he returned to Mr. Curtis, the plaintiffs agent, as it was unfit for use. He admitted having tapped the barrels and kept them for a considerable time, not in a cellar but in a cool place. The evidence of Mr. Curtis had also been taken at Wellington. Mr. Buddie, who appeared for plaintiffs, claimed judgment on the defendant's own evidence, and said a cheque for £8 12s had been forwarded by defendant and honoured. Judgment was given for the balance, £8 12s, and costs £3 7s.