DEFIED THE BAILIFFS.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 164, 11 July 1919, Page 8

DEFIED THE BAILIFFS.

2>IAIf STICKS TO HIS HOUSE. COURT FINDS HIM LODGING. \ A man who deSed the l.ailiff* came | before Mr. P. K. Hunt, S.M.. on a • barge og having wilfully trespassed on •the premises of Xo. 9S, Hobson Street, on Monday. The accused was i*. J". j IBrosnahan. a widower, ar.-l the action was brought on the complaint of The owners of the bouse. Brosn.ib.an pl-.'aded '•guilty, tmder exiiMniating circumstances." Mr. Coati's, for the complainants, said that Brosnahan had deliberately detied ■an order of tiie Court. The landlord had proceeded civilly against Brosnahan and had got judgment for t!4<i rout owing, and an or.ier for possession of the house. In terms of the order for possession the bailitt on Monday "weefcj went to tin , house, and informed Brospahan that lie had to get out. He di-n-lined to iio. and ignored a second warning. Last Friday the bailiff returned ■"with tJiree men and ejected Brosnahan and ail 11 belongings. The doors were llncked. and the windows were nailed up. ■iiit a little later Brosnahan managed to wrench one of the windows open, and &>y that means he pnt his chattels back, and again occupied the house, and enftertained a lady friend who had come to stay with him. Asked for the oxionuatinjr eireiimstances. Brosnahan stated that he had Snot declined to go. but that he had only »stored his furniture and sheltered there Jtill he could get another place. Constable Knight was called to give evidence, and he said that tile day after iaec\ sed had been ejected witness called at the house, and found Brosnahan there. The latter stated that he would not fhift. adding "they have put mc out for a matter of £40, but it will cost them t;i000 before they're finished with it.*' !Hrosnahai; had no wife or family, and his occupation appeared to be the running of a low-class boardinghouse. Kresnahan: Everything is packed up. Jin only living there meantime. His Worship: You are going to live -in gaol for a time. You deliberately idefied the Courtis order, and are sentenced to 1-1 days' imprisonment.