Through failing to furnish particu lars of the place and date of his birth to the Court previous to. the hearing of the case, a young man named Cyril Clark was unable to put forward his minority as a defence in an action heard before Judge P. Grant Jones in H.M. Supreme Court on Thursday. The action was for the costs of taking out a writ against defendant, these amounting to $8.50, the plainiift in the ease being Mr.
Collaco, On the defendant @eclaring himself to be a minor. His Lordship said that he could not be sued, but he later decided to hear the evidence.
The writ was for the return of a gun borrowed from plaintiff on Dec ember 8, and was taken out on Jan-vary 16," the gun being returned the same day. Defendant's excuse for not returning the gun before was that Tent it to a friend, with whom he could not get into touch afterwards, His Lordship declared that defendant had no right to lend the gun to a third party. Amongst the special defences that could be brought for~ ward was that of Infancy, but since defendant had falled to register particulars of the place and date of his birth, the question of infancy did not come into this ease. His Lordship made an order for $8.50.
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