RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 591, 9 November 1863, Page 9 (Supplement)

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Fridat, 6th November. ■- . " " (before A. Chethara Strode, Esq., R.&L) _ Drunk and Disorderly.—Sa nuel Bulls and Richard Halliday j were fined 20s each, or 48 hours imprisonment. CIVIL CASES. . I Price and Huttson v: Austin.—No appearance of plaintiff-case dismissed. Reid t. M -arrigle, h_ 6s 3d.—No appearance : case dismissed. * ' Armstrong v. Levien, L2o.—No appearance; case dismissed. J. Cook v. Charlotte Wilson, LI Is.—No appearance ; case dismissed. Moeller v. M'Clure, L 7 193 6d.—No appearance • case dimisse'l. * ' Stevens v. Lawrance, L 4 6s 7d.—No appearance • case dismissed. Kibble v. Fraser, LI 6s for board and lodeinjr. Judgment by default with costs. _ A. Pyle and Go v J. Campbell, Ll6 10s, -account-' for cigars and matches sold and delivered. Mr Wilson for plaintiff, Mr O'Loughlin for defendant. The plaintiffs, through their agent, John Stewart soli the goods to de rendant to whom Stewart is indebted for a personal account, and it was attempted for the defence to be shown that Stewart, not Pyle and Co was the vendor as principal. Witnesses pro. and coii.' bore testimony to the hues of the transaction, whi h were so variable, that falsehood most palpable must have gilded one or other of the contra-listinctivs statements. The case was nicely balanced, if such a "wor.l could signify that truth and falsehood were weighed in'--the scales of justice, when an impartial witnessMr Telfer, turned the beam by voluntary evidence! Judgment for plaintiff, Ll6 10s and costs. Pow4lv. Obermeyer, L 6 15s for board and lodging. Payment by default, with costs. «. sliver v. Oberineyer, L 4 10s for work and labour done. Judgment by default, with costs. Mills, Dick, and Co v. Colls.'L2 Bs. No appearance. Case dismissed. , Fell v. Austin, ■ 20, building six chimnies in Stafford street, furnishing lime, _c. Mr Wilson, for de fendant, put in a plea of not indebted, ss the job ha.3 been done in an unworkmanlike manner. Tuis plea was fully sustained by the evidence of Mr Benjamin S_th, architect, who described the brickwork as th wor-t he had ever seen in his life. Case dismissed. Koding v. Langston, Ll6, amount of two dishonored acceptances. Judgment by default with costs. --.;-' .■-.-■' Armstrong v. Levien, L2O, rent of premises ia the Arcade. Mr Husband produced an authority to sue Judgment by default, with costs. Saturday, .'ovember "7. Drunk and Disorderly.-Patrick M'Nultv Sophia Howard, Math* Macdonnld, and Geor _ Mmoii. were fined 20s each, or 48 hours' imprisonObscene La -tjage.—Julia Burke, on bail did not appear ; fined 20s. **' . Ul° Win Bbating.-David Nicol was c T»ari_ with assaulting aud beating his wife in Maclao-<r an . sfcl . epf bstevening The constable said on his _v to the station-bous* defendant had offered him a s.verei - at- iw?., ' ,ock up hl* son inste-id of himself. Mrs Nicoldid not appear, and defen lant was admitted to Dail on his own recognisances, to appear on Tuesday next. J Assault.- J. Stewart v. F. Beissel. No appearance of complainant; case dismissed. Offences against Town and Country Police Ordinance Robert Clarkson and vieorge Alexander, for being at such a distance from their horses and dray 9as to have no coutrol over tbein, were fined 20s each and costs. Quarrels.-Elizabeth Mc James v Mary Harrison tor using obscene and'threonine language. This was oue of the many abominable cases v\ which, by thnr conduct and expressions women areunsexeJ. The evidence is unfit for publi-c-t'ion.^ For the defend a witness named Cousins was called, who, by the manner in which he gave his evidence, left an impression upon the; Court that he .was biassed in favour of defendant. In the course of his cross examination he grossly insulted plaintiff's counsel, for which he narrowly escaped com* mittal .for. contempt of court, and when ordered by the Bench to render a humble apolsry for his impertinence, he did so with the abjectness pecuhir to prevaricators. The Mas-utrate said he did not consider Cousin's an independent witness • he was of opinion that he came into Court prepared to espouse one cause through thick and thin, and instead of benefitting defendant, his voluntary statement in--3 ured her case. The woman Harrison was, in the opinion oi the Bench, addicted to filthy language, and she was a most troublesome character. Fined 40s and costs; or in default four days' imprisonment" The Magistrate assured the woman that on her next | appearance for a similar ofl_cc he would bind her over in sureties to keep the peace for three months