RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 870, 22 August 1879, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Captain Gudgeon, R.M.) This Day.

Criminal Cases. J Charge of Concealing Property. Graham v. Evans — Mr. Rogan applied for an adjournment for one week, owing to the absence of a material witness. Adjourned to Friday, the 26th instant. Civil Cases. Mullooly v. liimbrick. — Adjourned for one week. Repereta v. King — Adjourned for fourteen days. Hromley & Buller v. Priestly — Adjourned to the 26th instant. Chrisp & Vaughan v. McDougall — Amount claimed, £7 19s 6d. Judgment for amount and costs. E. Ashton v. E. P. Joyce— Plaintiff claimed one diamond ring, valued at £25, detained by defendant. The evidence of the plaintiff was taken at Napier, and submitted. Mr. Cuff for plaintiff and Mr. Rogan for defendant. J. Cuff, deposed : I am a solicitor practising m Gisborne. In June last I was instructed to apply to Mr. Joyce for a ring claimed by the plaintiff. He admitted baring a diamond ring m his possession loft by James Ashton, and stated that he had uo claim to the ring, but if Edward paid J. Ashton's account, he would have hauded it over at once. He required au order presented by J. Ashten. E. P. Joyce, deposed : I know J. Ashton. He boarded at my hotel for some time. I gave him the account at the end of the month. He told me to keei) tbe ring for safety. I kept it for a week. He theu came to me, and told me he thought he could sell it. However, he did not do so but returned it. He continued boarding with me for some time after this, and left me without paying He owed me £9 3s 6d. I got the ring valued by Mr. Nasmith and Mr. Good. One valued it at £9, and the other at £12. A short time after this, another man came and demanded the ring. I refused to give it up, because J. Ashton instructed me not to do so, until asked by him. When he agaiu applied, I told him if he paid the debt and made au affidavit that the ring was his property, k and that the siguature was that of James Ashton I would hand over the ring. The debt is still unpaid. Cross-examined : Ashton did not tell me that the ring was his brother's. Hastie told me that James Ashton got the ring from his brother. After futher cross-questioning and legal contention, the case was non-suited with costs. Combs & Co. v. Flexman. — Mr. Nolan for plaintiff, and E. ff. Ward for defendant. Claim £3 5s for goods supplied to

defendant's wife. Defendant pleaded that he instructed Combs & Co.'s manager not to supply his wife with goods except on her own account, as he had made her an allowance, and she was m receipt of a private income. The plaintiff asserted that the defendant told him to allow his wife to have goods, but not to a large amount. He had paid a former account with the exception of a balance of £1 2s, and it was when this payment was made on June last, that he intimated to the manager his nonliability. After the evidence was fully entered into, judgment was given for £1 2s for the plaintiff, without costs. Cameron v. Kelly— Claim £16 3s 4d. Adjourned to the 29th instant. W. File v. Hoyte— Claim 16s sd. Judgment for pUintiff. Trustee m Dugleaux's Estate v. Robinson. Amount claimed £4 19s. 7d. Judgment for £3 4s , without costs.