CHRISTCHURCH.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5108, 16 September 1884, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH.

This Day. (Before R. Beetham, Esq., R.M.) Drunkenness. — George Webster, accused of this offence, was remanded for 48 hours for medical treatment. —Hugh Reid, who had been remanded for a week's medical treatment, was brought up cured, and charged with drunkenness in Hereford street on Sept. 8. Accused denied the charge. Sergeant-Major Bullen called Constable Brigg3, who said that on Sept. 8 he found accuse/I in his house in » very bad Btate from drink. Accused said he had been suffering from a j Jjilioug attack, and was staying quietly at \

home reading, when Mr Toovey came to him and said, " You'd better come and stop at my place for a day or two ;" but instead of taking him to Collins Hotel, they drove him to the police station and shut him up for five hours in a padded cell. Mr Donaldson, the gaoler, said that when ' accused wab brought to him, he (accused) was in a most deplorable state from the effects of drink ; he was in a very filthy condition. Accused said that if he was filthy, he had become so after his arrest. His Worship had no doubt that accused had been drinking heavily previous to his arrest, and he ought to be very thankful that he had been taken care of. Ordered to pay 10s Gd for maintenance. | CIVIIi CASES. Another Hokse Case — A " Roarer." — Wilson v. Fox, claim .£6 10s, for breach of warranty of a horse. Mr Weston for plaintiff ; Mr Stringer for defendant. Plaintiff and his wife and stepson gave evidence that on August 22 last he purchased a horse from defendant, stating to him that he required a horse to run round town, and able to do a journey from St Albans to Rangiora in one day once a week. Defendant verbally guaranteed the horse sound and free from blemishes, and said he was nine years old. Plaintiff " did not know much about a horse himself," and trusted implicitly to the seller, who told him the horse— for which £o was paid — would go to Rangiora and back, and there would not be a feather raised. The horse was in defendant's trap, and was driven in plaintiff's presence ; he a^ked defendant what kind of a horse it was, and defendant replied that it was a " roarer," and plaintiff understood him to say that "roarers" were a particular breed of horses. During the journey from St Albans to Kaiapoi on August 29 the horse broke down. Plaintiff took it back to town and got Mr Calvert, V.S., to see it. Mr Calvert gave evidence that the horse was quite " screwed up," a " bag of bones," and 20 years old if a day. The defence was simply a denial that there had been any warranty. Defendant denied that h a had told plaintiff the age of the horse, he knew the horse wa3 a " roarer," and told plaintiff so, and that "roaring" was caused by a horse growing too fast, not by being broken-winded. Did not tell plaintiff that "roarers" were a particular breed of horses. Defendant admitted that he had told plaintiff that the horse could do the work the latter required it for. A witness corroborated defendant's statement. The Bench considered there was no warranty of soundness given; they thought there was very little doubt that plaintiff had been taken in, but he had been taken in with his eyes open, the horse was a . " roarer," and could not be considered sound. Judgment for defendant, without CO3tS. Miscellaneous. — Judgement was given by default for plaintiffs in the cases of ; Sherlock v. Bell, claim £1 19s 4d ; Irving v. Milne, claim £3 lis ; same v. Parker, : claim £3 8s ; Hitchins v. Stewart, claim £1 ; Smith v. Green, claim .£l2 17s. — In the case of Sinclair v. Fumerty there was • no appearance of plaintiff, and Mr Loughrey ; for defendant, obtained an order for costs, '■■ £1 6s. — In Gierscwaski v. Woodard, the , amount claimed had been paid into Court without notice to plaintiff, and Mr Stringer obtained an order for costs. — " Fisher v. Langford, jun., claim £3 Is 9d, for pears supplied. It appeared that the pears had been supplied to Langford, sen., when he was in partnership as Langford, Routen and Co., and plaintiff was nonsuited with costs. — Timmins v. Harris, claim £\1 13s for wages. Mr Kippenberger for plaintiff; Mr Stringer for defendant. Plaintiff had earned £Q>3 in i wages from defendant, and the dispute ; was whether a certain .£lO of this amount •; had been paid. After hearing the evidence judgment was given for plaintiff, with , '•osts.