RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 7 December 1878, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Thursday, December sth, 18JF$, (Before R. Ward, Esq., R.M.) Tl^ere vrai no criminal business. ■- CIVIL QABK3. A. and T. Stace t. William Monks— Claim, £1? 16a 4d. Mr Staite appeared for plaintiff and Mr Samuels for defendant. ! The case hinged upon a receipt produced which the plaintiff's counsel asserted haji been tampered with. Before, howeyer, any . such accusation was hinted at, the dopvynent was handed up. to the Bench, and after one glance Mr Ward drew attention to, the fact '—indeed, wai Ijhja, first to, speak of the matter. The receipt had been— according 1, to, th^e evyiencer— given. for.£4, but as it appeal m, Court it was for £l4, the "teen" and a figure, of " V being m quite.' different ink. > ' •■ Mr Samue& produced, the defendant, who swore moat strongly that ht haji paid Mr Alfred Stace £14, by a £4 cheque dpd two JBo-notesj. that he, had. never, altered the receipt, npi had it been,' altered; to his knowledge, and although, he. was. submitted •■ to a rigid examination by Mr. Staite^, he. adhered steadfastly to thp statement. ' : Jjh, denial, Mr Sjiaite. put Mr A UiefA S.tpce ; into the box, ■^n.o l sjfoire,.tnafc he remembered ' distinctly giving the. receipt m, question ■ which was for, £4 ;.' that it vras a 'cheque from Peter itanson,;. that he. never received, the £lO,extra, and; that; he. would, swear' : most positively the receipt had; been tami pered with,sipc% i 4 U«l been. wnj;tenj In \ pro'pf of the. fact that the sum. paid .was £4, and; not £14, lie produped his, day book, with the entry wliiph. had been made at the. time. ; Aftei} counsel on. both sides, had ad-, dressed) the. Court at some length, . The Magistrate said he. had not the slightest doubt on his own mind, that the repeipt had been giyen.for £4, and that \he. £10 had not been paid. He would there-, fore giye judgment for that amount, wjth costs. '■ ' ' Robert Maelrie. x> Joe Lanlco — Clajtn, £4 6s. 11s, for meat supplied. Defcndanjt did not appear, and judgtnent was given for amount claimed ex, ■parj.e.