RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 77, 6 July 1878, Page 3

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

FOXTON. WpipikpiY, July 3b», 1878. (Refore R. Wabd, Esq., R.M.) W. J. Se P. London v. John Torr.— Claim, £18 Is 6d. Paid into CourtClerk of County Council v. T. U. Cook.— Claim, £2 18s. Paid into Court. S,ame v. F. Taylor.— Claim, 10s. Settled out of Court. i Same v. J. Sullivan.— Claim, 7s 6d; Settled oat of Court. Samp; v, H. Blake. — Claim, 10s. Judjgment by consent for amount claimed, with costs. Same v. Henry Brown.— Judgment by default for amount claimed, with costs; ■'-■.':, Iharaira and others v. Robert Ransfield.—Claim, £20. This was an action

to recover damages, caused by defendant's sheep trespassing upon the plaintiff's land. Judgment for £10 and costs. Naera te Angiangi v. Perenara te Tef oki.— Claim, £20. ,It appeared that the defendant had. partially destroyed a wire fence enclosing ajiortion of the land belonging to plaintiff, at Waikawa, at the instigation of the defendant m the previous case. The Magistrate remarked tbat defendant was no more justified m breaking down the plajnliff's fence at the orders oi Rarisfield than he would be m burning his house, and gave judgment for the amount claimed, with costs." ■'"''*'.■'■ An application for a property-protec-tion order was made by Mrs Charlotte Taylor against her husband. It appeared tbat the applicautwas subjected to a- considerable amount of ill-treat-ment at the hands of her husband, he baying turned her out of doors. The Magistrate reserved his decision until the following day.