RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Timaru Herald, Volume II, Issue 64, 5 August 1865, Page 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TlMAßU— Tuesday, August Ist, 1865. '{Before B. Woollcombe, Esq., E.M., T. VV. Hall, E*i., aua G. W. Hall, Esq., J.P.s.] DEBT CASES. Sutter and Co. v. Fieldhouse and Harding* debt £2 7s. Defendants ordered to pay the debt and costs. Same v. Campbell, debt £1 4s. Defendant ordered to pay the debt and coats. Same v. Lucky, debt £27 19s. lOd. Defendant ordered to pay £26 lls. lOd. Same v. Weaver, debt £9 3s. 4d. Defendant ordered to pay debt and costs. Same v. Tiios. Reed, debt £11 Bs. Defendant ordered to pay debt and costs. SHEARING SHEEP, W. Hill Jackson, manager of the station of Messrs. Douglas, Alderscua and Co., was summoned by Peter Naylor for the sum of £11, for shearing 1100 shesp. Mr. DOyly appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Perry for the defendant The Plaintiff stated that he was engaged by the defendant to shear sheep at £1 per huudred, and that after he had been there about a fortnight he was discharged, and the defeudaut refused to pay him his wages. The Defendant stated that he engaged plaintiff amongst other men to shear for him. On the second day after commencing he had occasion to discharge men for bad shearing, and he then gave notice that if he had occasion to discharge others tor the same offeuce ho should not pay them. He spoke to the plaintiff several times about his bad shearing, and because he did so, the plaintiff said it was evident he had got a "down on him;" and that he (defendant) wished to prevent him from shearing as fast as another man named M *Guire. Patrick M'Guire corroborated the statement of the defendant, and stated that he saw one of the sheep which bled to death after having been slioru by plaintiff. The B.noh ordered defendant to pay £6, as they found by his own evidence that same of the sheep had been shorn well for the first few days ; but there was no evidence to show how j many. The coat* were diridcd.

PIIOTOGRAPIC VIEWS. Mr. H. Parker, of the Waitaki, wa3 summoned by a travelling photographer, named Joseph Baume, to recover the sum of £22 155., for taking a number of photographic views of his station and scenery around it The plaintiff produced the views m Court, and stated that they had been ordered by defendant and his brother. The defendant objected to some of the views as they were badly finished, and stated that he had only ordered one of each. A witness was called and proved that the views were all well taken, with the exception of two. The defendant was ordered to pay £22 and costs. Mr. Perry appeared for the plaintiff. FEROCIOUS BULL. The caso of M *Kinlay r. Hornbrook was reheard, on the ground that the amount awarded to the plaintiff was excessive. The whole of of the evidence m the case has already been published m the Timaru Herald. The Bench saw no reason to alter the previous decision. Mr. Perry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. DOyly for the defendaut.