Western Post & Mudgee Newspaper, 8 May 1861: SMALL DEBTS COURT Monday May 6 Ann COHEN v T HEALY - £2 10s for pigs sold. No appearance. John COX v James SMITH - £7 10s for rations and bullock sold. No appearance. John COX v Michael BRENNAN - £9 for a bullock. No appearance. Thomas MILLER v J W BURGESS - £6 1s 6d rent due. Mr JAMES applied for an adjournment on account of Mr CLARK being in Sydney. Adjourned till next month. J T WOODS v Robert F MILNE - £8 12s 2d for goods sold and delivered. Mr GULLEY proved having supplied the goods which were to have been paid for on delivery; defendant afterwards requested a fortnight's time. The bill..(unreadable) the name of the Mudgee Emporium, which now belonged to Messrs MACARTHUR and Co., of Sydney, Mr WOODS being their agent. Cross-examined by Mr JAMES. He was formerly in partnership with Mr TEBBUTT. Since the 10th March the business had been taken out of their hands. He contended that they were no longer partners. Mr WOODS having declared that the goods belonged to Messrs MACARTHUR and Co., the Court decided that instead of taking out summonses in his own name, it would be necessary to take them out as agent to MACARTHUR and Co. The rest of the cases in which Mr WOODS appeared as plaintiff were also struck out for the same reason. M DONOHOE v John BAX - £7 value of a cow destroyed. This case was adjourned till Tuesday on account of Mr BRODRIBB being able to attend on behalf of Mr BAX. Hugh DOUGHERTY v E CARTER - £4 2s for repairs of cart and loss of time. The cart in question was lent defendant for the purpose of conveying his daughter to church on her wedding day; not returning it DOUGHERTY went to CARTER's residence where he saw the cart considerably damaged. It was sent to Mudgee for repair. CARTER paid £3 2s into Court for the repairs. The Bench gave a verdict for the balance and loss of time. S HUGO v W RANWELL - £4 16s for work alleged to have been done. Case dismissed no bill of particulars having been delivered. E ROSE v L MOORE - £2 2s for goods sold and delivered. Settled. R JACKSON v M'KENZIE - £5 3s for damage done by pigs and cattle. JACKSON said the pigs had visited the wheat crop some fifteen or sixteen times; on each occasion he had taken the trouble to drive them home. He should not have "pulled" him for the amount had he not have added to the annoyance by freely abusing him with his insolent tongue. M'KENZIE complained of the fence not being sufficient to keep out the pigs. Verdict £3 and 5s costs. Andrew MURPHY v M'KENZIE - £4 8s for boots supplied. Verdict for the amount. C LAMROCK v E LYNCH - £1 5s for goods sold. Settled. C POLDEN v E and C BATES - £9 13s 3 ½d meat supplied. Verdict for the amount. RAMSAY v LYONS - £1 1s for medical advice. BALL v LYONS - £7 for killing a pig. These cases were postponed on account of Mr LYONS being in Sydney. E BAYLY v SIMPSON - £5 for trespass of cattle. Adjourned till next month. LAVERS v DILLON - £3 10s for goods sold. Verdict for plaintiff. LAVERS v MIDDLETON - £9 13s 8 ½ d goods sold and delivered. Verdict for the amount. LAVERS v R CLEETE - £2 11s money lent. Settled. LAVERS v Van ROSSUM - £5 2s 4d goods supplied. Defendant not appearing, a verdict was given for the amount. LAVERS v J ENRIGHT - £5 17s goods sold. Postponed. LAVERS v TREW - £10 promissory note. Verdict for the amount. HEARD v L MOORE - £13 4s for board and lodging. Verdict for plaintiff. C LAMROCK v Elizabeth GORE - £3 4s money lent and goods supplied. Ordered to be paid Mr LAMROCK consenting to give sufficient time. FROST v PURVES - £3 10s for gold ring and money lent. Verdict for plaintiff. PORTER v RANDALL - £7 for rent due. Mr JAMES applied for an adjournment on the ground that the summons was only served as RANDALL was taking delivery of a mob of cattle to drive to Sydney. R PORTER objected to its adjournment as he wished to leave Mudgee. He had verbally applied for the money. Mr JAMES put in the lease, from which it appeared £6, and not £7 was due, which Mr JAMES said was settled by some wheat. There being no evidence to that effect, the Court gave a verdict of £6.