MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 63, 8 December 1920, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

CIVIL AND BT-LAW CASES. 1 ,r ln ,i h - Jla S>strate's Court yesterday 1 Mr. W. G. Hiddell, S.M., dealt with Hie i civil cases, and gavo judgment for plain- i tiff by default: in tho following :—New | Zealand Express Co., Ltd., v. A. Bradley, 10s., costs 10s.; Commissioner of Taxes v. Benjamin Smith, Xl2l 13s. 9d., costs £i 10s. j same v. same, ,£'s4 7s. fld., costs : .£2; C. Rod v. J. A. Lnmherton, £1 12s , costs Bs.; Osmond and Son, K.Z., Ltd.', v. 'William Murray, .£5 5?., costs Jil 10s. Bd.; fame v. C. H. Manic, M 195., costs .62 4s. 6d.; A. E. Budd and Co. v. E. E-. Ditnners, .£l7 is. 7d., costs ,£2l4*. • Burch and Co.. Ltd.. v. Koni Fook and Co., .£lB ss\ Id., costfe .£2 145.; Osmond '"id Ron; X.Z., Ltd., v. A. C. Bicknell, £2 los.; costs £1 ss. 6d.; Lawrence and Hanson Electrical Co., Ltd.. v. L. M. Reynolds and JohnL. Menzie'fl, .£lO5 10s. 5d.. costs xH 10s. 6d.j George and Doughty v. Paul lunger, .£35 12s. lid., costs £i ISs. 6d. ; Hope-Gibbons; Sons, and ,T. B. Clarkson, Ltd., v. Percy ft Hawkins, £1 Os. sd„ costs Bs.; Alfred P. Drydon v. Benjamin Ede. So, costs .£1 I 3s. 6d.; Dominion Firsolith Co., Ltd. v. J. C. Murphy, .£62 Bs., costs £i 12s. 3d.; P. Ahradsen v. J. Laftvn, £5 7s. 6d„ costs £1 3s. 6d.; W. J.'Si'ftplos and Co.,> Ltd., y Isaac Sykcs, £t 65., costs .£1 6s. 6(1.; Alex. M'Millan, Ltd., v. William \\ileon. 18s. 6d., costs Ss.; W. J. Res ??,']. ??' v - A,bert P-'M'llride and Ada M Bride, i!l2 125., costs £2 19 6 . On judgment summonses, ,!. Marshall was ordered to pay Harry Baker £i 6s. by December 21, in default three days imprisonment; lfrn.uk Hunt to pay H. II Phillips .£2O Is.. 3d. by December 21, in defouW fonrtccu days' imprisonment. J'-ric O Sullivan to pay Twomey and Son .£3 2s. by December 21, in default three days imprisonment. TENEMENT CASE. Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., dealt with tenement cases, most of them being adjoumHugh Lloyd, for whom Mr. E. Beere appeared, sought to secure possession of a dwelling m the occupation of Mrsi Melinan. represented by Mr. P. W. Jackson. The plaintiff said that he was a married man but had no children. Ho bought tho house at tho beginning of October, and about the. middle of than month he saw the defendant, she having previously had notice to quit, and tried to come to an arrangement' wiilli hor. She a6ked permission to remain until about the end of November, and plaintiff agreed to this. The eitended.period expired on November 22, and on tho following day plaintiff saw the defendant who asked for a further extension of six weeks, which would carry her over Christmas. He pleaded for possession, pointed out that he was paying 365. for board, and went further, and was instrumental m getting tho defendant an opportunity of taking, a house in Hanson Street, but she declined to take this place stating than it was too far away. Ihe defendant' said sho had six children, but most of them were grown up. She bad two boarders, who would probably have left her had she gone to Hanson Street. Eventually the Magistral adjourned tho case for a week to enable the defendant to inspect a nine-roomed house which was under offer to her. BY-LAW CASES. j For depositing sand in Aro Street; and! failing to plncc a danger-light in position. Frank Burke was fined 10s. and 7s. costs. Lan Duncan was fined 10s. and 7s. costs for having no light on his motor-car. For failing to stop his motor-car when ; requested to do ao by a constable on point duty, Harold B. Grey, of New Plymouth, was fined 10s. and' 9s. costs. , Max Wall was fined 40s. and costs 7s. for driving his motor-car at an excessive speed in a city street. For riding his 'motor-cycle on tho ; cycle (tack on the Hntt Road, Walter [ Johns was fined 10s. and fa. 6d." costs. [ For allowing their horsed vehicles to remain in the streets unattended Thomas E. Jackson, William Mellard, ! Robert Morris, and Clydo Preston were '. ench fined ss. and 7e. costs. ' For allowing stock to wander William ; Fitzgerald and Sid Buttou were each I fined 10s. and 7s. costs'; A. Stannnrd, Tom J. Warren, Albert Boivden, P. 1 Cavanagh, Mary Foelcy, find jThomas 1 Hitchcox wore ..each fined ss. and 7s. 1 costs; lloginald-'Welsby was ordered to '. pay 7s. costs in respect-, to each of threo ' charges. J Twenty-five names of persons having un--3 rogisterod dogs in their possession were 5 on the list, but most of them had regi6s tered their doge since receiving the sumi mons, so that ir. was necessary to deal f only with two persons. Mrs. Rose Brook b wa« ordered to pay 7s. costs, and Mauri ice O'Connor was fined 10s. and 7s. costs.