RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CHARLESTON.

Westport Times, Volume 1, Issue 142, 14 January 1868, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, CHARLESTON.

Friday, 10th January. (Before J. R. Dutton, Esq., R.M.) _F. Pow v. Sutton and Speer —Claim, £l9 17s 6<l, for work and labor. Judgment for plaintiff, with costs. Bear don v. liarobin —Claim, £3 14s 6d, for goods sold and delivered. Judgment for full amount by default. Kenned)/ and Heiglncay v. Kirhcood. >—This was a claim of £9 for loss of a pig, alleged to have been driven away by defendant, and judgment was obtained for full amount, with sundry costs. Seaton v. Allen and Hutchinson. —ln this case, which was a claim of £1 for overcharge in toll at the Nile bridge ; the defendant not appearing was nonsuited with costs. Kennedy and Heiglncay v. Drury. — Claim £5 Bs, for rent. Defendant pleaded legal doubt as to rightful ownership of the property, but had judgment given against him, with 12s costs. Same v. James Sims. —Claim £ll 10s, for eight days board and lodging. Judgment for full amount les £2 2s paid into court. O. S. Jolinston v. Kennedy and Heighway. —Claim £8 19s for professional services. Plaintiff having failed to prove the delivery to defendants of any signed bill, was nonsuited.