INTERPROVlNCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1804, 29 January 1884, Page 3

INTERPROVlNCIAL.

[BY TKLLGUU'JI.— Pit] ->S \-S0CI\U0N.] WELLINGTON, Sitmday. 1\ tlie ttupicme (Joint this morning ihe case of Regira v. the Hon. John Mai tin, M L C, w.h heaid befoie Judge Rich mond. It was a suit biought to tec-ov ei £o0i) damages in respect to a small piece of land foimmg a poitionof theappioaeh to Hntt JSiulge, which, it was alleged, defendant had ninny yeais ago sold and convoyed to the 1'iovineial fJo\ eminent, but the conveyance of whu h not having been legistuul, the defendant had since obtained a title to, uuilci tiie L'uid Tiansfei Aet, and lesold to auothci pai ty. All tho c\ ulencv on caeli side was taken, and the law points wete adjourned for argument in banco.

Monday. Hefeience was mode at the Supii'ine Conit to daj' to the civ il suit of Biandon v. Shaw, which had " PJcen held over in the hope that it would be settled out of couit. Mr Chapman mentioned that the parties weie exceedingly anxious to settle the matter, but unfoitiuutcly it was iieccbsiuy tint the case should proceed to tnal. Mr Justice Richmond rematked that fioin w hat lie knew of the case he did not think he could tiy it without a juiy. If he could he was altogether against doing so, and if he had power to decline, as lie lather thought he had, he should oulet atiial by jivy. It was, he added, entitely opposed to his goodwill, that cases ot libel, blander, malicious prosecution, breach of piomise of mariiage, and so on should be tiled without a juiy. Not that it was agiocd a juiy was the be&t means of asceitaming the tiutli. No one was disposed to doubt that it was the best means of giving con fiance to the people. In regard to the af^iission of juries, whilst it also pieserved the bench from a load of odium which it would be entirely unable to bear in a fiee countiy, the verdict of juries were soon forgotten, but the decisions of judges were not, and were remembered for yeais after. Going over the rules, his Honour said he thought that this, being a case which would necessarily affect personal character profoundly, he had the power to order it to be tried before a iury, but he would enquiie further, and the matter could be mentioned to him again to-monow.

Kundciv,. The events on the lfgitt.i piogi.umnc, which vvoic postponed hom Tucsdaj l.tst, were got oil yt.stii da> <iit> 1 .iopii Tli' ■\\eathei wn^line, willi a fiesh noi r.h oist wind l)!o\\iiu r Tin 1 Volun'ei 1 Jvi.it i!ic ■was won bj th" i'< to:n Na al-. The Handicap Yacht Ric v a-, won 1>\ Sappho (Sinins ), The I'd (Tiniits ) biin,' a bad second. Tno C.unui i v\on the iSecond c'ass r <icht llice l>/ fu'iyfo'ii milcfe. 'J ho Ship-, J)oat (Jo-a-a jou pleas<Ilaco was won In anew fioin thesl'iu Maigaiet G.illn utli Tlie Coasteis' Jlacii ■wasstiiick oil the p'ogiainme. It has been disioveicd hoie tint the magistrates have tor a long time been imposing penalties oi undet 20^> for drunkenno-^, while the lowe-t legal penalty is that <nim. L^t jc.it tlicie were L 40 moie com i' tions for diunUenness than m the pi e\ ions year, which is attiUnited to the laige numb -i ot amvaL by the duect «teain bei v ice v\ ho get on the spiee on landing.