WARDEN'S COURT, LAWRENCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1217, 27 January 1886, Page 3

WARDEN'S COURT, LAWRENCE.

The following business was transacted at a silting of the Warden's Court on Monday, W. H. Revell, Esq., Warden, presiding:— John Ecbortson applied tor a rsidence area of an acre in Q-abriels Gully, which he had occupied for some time, having purchased it from H. Mills, but the certificate could not be found. — The Warden adjourned the application until next Court-day ia order that a proper search might be made for the original cert lficate. YoivSam and party v. Sam He and party. — Messrs M'Coy, Finluyson, and Cook (Dunedin) for plaintiffs, and Mr Copland for defendants. — Plaintiffs sought to get a waterrace certificate (No. 3916), dated 1875, cancelled, as it had been abandoned and relinquished. — Mr Copland declined to accept cancellation of the certificate, which had been in force, as shown by the registration certificates produced, since the year 1875. — The plaintiffs contended that the defendants had not used the water-race mentioned in the certificate, but had mined it away and worked beyond it, and were now raising the water for working their claim some 11 chains higher up the stream than the point specified as the head cf the race. — It was contended that this was not, a case where a fine in lieu of forfeiture could be inflicted, as the race had been mined away and was ot no further use. -Evidence was called to corroborate this statement. — Mr Copland, who raised several objections (to the cancellation of the certificate, stated that water was still running in the channel of the old race, which was now in actual use, His Worship adjourned the case for an hour for the purpose of visiting the ground. — On | resuming the case, Mr Copland addressed the Court and examined witnesses on behalf of his clients, after which His Worship gave hi* decision, ordering the cancellation of the certificate of the water-race, with costs (£5 13s) to plaintiffs.— Mr Copland, on behalf of defendants, gave notice of appeal to the District Court. Same v. Same.— Claim of £20, damage committed by defendants to plaintiffs' dam at Wetheratones. — This case was allowed to stand over till the first sitting of the Warden's Court after the sitting of the District Court.