RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1050, 17 February 1882, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Thursday, February 16th, 1882. . (Before W. H. Revell, Esq., R.M.) Police v. HxsLor. This was an information laid under tbe Cruelty to Animals Act Constable Branwell gave evidence as to having warned Heslop not to let out a hone which had a very sore back. In defiance to this, Heslop had still let out horses with sore backs, and on the 25th last month Mr, Clifford was riding a horse which on examination proved to be unfit for use, and which the defendant had been cautioned not to let out Sergeant Neville proved having visited the' stables of the accused, and found the horse with a very sore back. The sore was the size of a hand, and was a very bad wound. Timothy Regan said : Previoua to the 25th last month, was in the employ of the defendant On that day the constable cautioned me not to let out the hone in question. The constable also pointed to another horse in the stables Which was bad, and said that horse also was not fit for use. Cross-examined by Heslop: Did not see you use cruelty to horses. Fined, £2, with costs. Police v. Plaskrt. This was a charge of being drunk and incapable. No appearance of defendant Recognizances estreated, and a fine of £1 and costs inflicted. SmtH awA Baaisxsrr v. P. Aamnnoka. Judgment by consent for amount with Preshaw v. S. Garvin. This was an action on a promissory note given for maintenance while in the hospital. At* order was made for payment of £3 per month, in default one months' imprisonment Mass v. Pool and Eaton.— Settled out of Court I M'WILLIAMS v. M'KBNzae. This was an action to recover the sum of £55, being the difference in price of 175 shares in the Fiery Cross, which it was alleged the defendant refused to transfer to plaintiff, who had bought the shares from defendant | Mr Lynch, for the plaintiff, opened the case, and explained the transaction as having been a bona fide one on the part of his client, who was willing to accept : transfer of the shares mentioned, and | that the refusal of defendant to transfer | in accorandance with a contract entered into at defendant's hut, Boatman's, had ! entailed a loss to plaintiff of the amount | now claimed. The measure of damage I done was taken to be the difference between 10a. and 16s. 6d. I The following evidence was taken :— John M'Williams : I recollect the 9th of November last, when I went to Boatman's to purchase some shares in the Fiery Cross. On that day shares were quoted at 10s. and lis. in Reefton. On making inquiries in Boatman's that day I was told that M'Kensie had some shares. I went to him and spoke about the shares, when he said he would take 10s. for about 200 of them. I then agreed to 'take them at the price, and I asked him jto come to Reefton to- effect a transfer. He said he could not come that day, bat would be in on Saturday. As I was going away he called me back, and told me that he only ooakL sell 170; I dentarred but accepted eventually that number and left a deposit ; I then went away, and in the evening I met M<Kenzie who* told me that the shares were higher than what I had said, and that he would not transfer. On Saturday I again saw him, and wished him to complete the transaction, as I was ready with the money. He refused to sign the transfer. On that day the shares were worth in the market 16s. 6d7 Crose-examined by Mr Jones : On the day previoua to going to Boatman^ I believe shares were only worth Ba. On the day I wait 'out she prioe was 10s. in Reefton; I offered Jack Watldns 11a. ; I might have offered him 125. ; I offered to Albert Hansen lis. before saris*. M'Kensie. After I bought from M 'Kerne, j aaw Henry Currie, who told me that he would take nothing under 265. ; I did not make him a bona fide offer of 12s. When I I saw M'Kenzie he was in bed in his hut On asking him for the shares, I told him there was a move in them in Reefton ; I

never told him they were only worth Ba. in town. Keenan was along with me at the time. I gave M'Kensie a deposit of £2 into ha own hand; I did not put it on the table. Hansen told me Mttensie had shares for sals. On the evening of the 9th, I was told that shares were in the market at 10a. ; on that evening M'Kensie told me he would not transfer, aa he had heard the shares were higher ; I have never bought any shares to replace those which M'Kensie refused to deliver. Thomas Lac, sharebroker, Reefton ; I had several dealings in Fiery Cross shares in November last I have an entry of having sold on the 12th at 165,, and also on the Uch at the same price. Croex-eaammed by Mr Jones : On the 7th they were sold at 11a.— on the Bth at 135., and on the 10th they were sold also at 13a. H. G. Hankrn, sharebroker, said : I cannot without referring to say books, what shares were worth in the Fiery sty Cross on the 9th cf November. On the Saturday, the 12th, I had a parcel for safe etl7e6d; I did not sell at that figure ; I believe on that date they were worth lea. to 16a.