RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
Satukday, Fbu. 3. (Before Ch Gk Fil/.aorald, Esq., R.M.) Thoro was no criminal business, and only somo adjourned civil cases to dispo.io of, These occupiod a very short time, only ono appearance of either plaintiff or defendant being put in, mid tho caso going by dofault ill favour of Iho plaintiff. ' In tho case of Alcorn and Co., v. Noes, tried a few days ago, wliou a verdict for the plaintiff was given, Mr O'Loughlin applied for a rehearing on the ground that tho defendant was necessarily absent, and that ho had a good defence on tho merits. After hearing the defendant on oath Iho Magistral grauted a rehearing subject' to tho tiling of an affidavit embodying tho facts that hai boon sworn tol Tho.court then adjourned. . '
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West Coast Times, Issue 120, 5 February 1866, Page 2
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130RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. West Coast Times, Issue 120, 5 February 1866, Page 2
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