CANN Y. CROTTY. Claim, £1010s., for illegal detention of a hor3e. Plaintiff deposed that he purchased a horse in May, 1865, which was lost in August following, and he did not see it again until Saturday last in possession of defendant. He called two witnesses, Sergeant Horsford and George Darwin, who spoke to the identity of the horse with one then outside the Court. Defendant said that he had purchased the animal from a native named Peter for £5, Peter, interpreted by Mr. Warbrick, confirmed this statement. From the evidence of this and two other natives, named Martin and Paul, it appeared that the case was one of mistaken identity. They deposed to an old brand on the thigh not known to plaintiff or his witnesses, and other marks which on examination were found to correspond with the description. Verdict for defendant.
