NOTES FROM GORE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) GORE, July 24.
An inquiry was conducted by Mr Cruik shank, S.M., last night and until 3 o'clock this morning into the cause of the fire whereby the house of P. J. O'Connor was recently burnt down. The jury found that although the circumstances, especially oveiinsurance, appeared auspicious, the evidence was insufficient to justify them in criming to the conclusion that O'Connor wilfully set fire to the premises. The police, it is stated, aro going to prosecute for alleged fal.°3 declarations a' to O'Connor's losses.
In the case Cameron v. Tilsou, a claim of £200, value of the trotting horse Fichu, the iragi-trate (Mr Cruickshank) this afternoon gave judgment for Cameron, holding that Amos'p condition was such when he signed the =ale note to Tilaon as to ju= f ify him in declaring the =ale note null and void Tilson it> allowed to retain posb«sMon of the horee until the amount of the lien i^> pati--fied by Amo= The case if one in which sporting men are greatly interested throughout Otago, as Fichu is one of the fa=te=t mile horefea in the province.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2524, 30 July 1902, Page 17
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