STOLEN GOODS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 115, 17 May 1922, Page 10

STOLEN GOODS.

■ I . PAWNBROKER'S LIABILITY, j I'UNKi; (JK.TS .irnCSMEXT. ;n.v TVlegrapli. — Association.) j wkluxuton. TuW-iy | Aii important iudamcni was given 10-j (Irv b\ Mr Ritlili'll. s.Miiiir magistrate, I ma rase wherein 1.. I!. KlillC. jeweller. | nrucccdcd till' Anchor Kxi-hnng<-|,niiu I'ii. for (In , recovery of cerltim Ipwcl- in llir hitter's possession which' hail hofii liuiidcil in ;\n rmploypc niimt'd I MhiLt. «iio hail n|ipn>|irintiHl Uio jcweU. | lliiili-r «a.< tonvutPil of Ilipft. : Ihr miin-isirato ri'vicwi-cl tlir Acl Hchl-, inji with ilii' (im'Htioii. Mi- >:iiil tliorc was iMMliiiif.' in il tlnit pnrportcil t<> t.ike Irom .in owner lii— ordinary legal rijrht* to vpcovit property if I"' <l<>'- nni « u> inv.'Ur I lie piiwcri* mnforrpil by spclintl I.jl of tin- Clinic.-. A.I l!>iis. Ho hold tliiil the property in lM- niw was vpstrd in jiliiintitT. •At the liprtiiiifj "f tlie rasp in tinSupreme ii.url," siiiil Mr. Ridilrll. "it \mi> sima.'-lpcl tluil.;ii> ile!"mlants WPiT in no Uiiv In bliune in '.lie matter, ilie Ciiiii-t might i-diisidoV whether its pqiiitalile juvisilirtion -.lioulil not be applicl. in onler to niiniinisc the (lefpiuliuif* j lo>- Ilir value of I lit' pmd* ilaiined is nut»itlt* I In- eqaitnhlc jurisdiction of the Cniirt. hut. even if llieif value were lixed . H l Hie amount originally set. out in tliej >tiiieiiient of claim. I do not think that | tlip cH-"P is one wlu'l-p the Court's equit- j H.lile jurisdiction '-an hp invoke.l . The riylit?- of ilie pnrtifls in law are sn clear thin <-(|uif.iMf' pnn.ijiles rlo not apply. VWeiidnnl? will suffer a loss over the ileiilillfT. hut that i> one which must he inclticieil (\moiif; the risks of their husi-

lie —. ■ lodgment was entered for plaintiff. and defendant was ordered to return the goods to plaintiff on May 17. In default judgment would be entered in plaintitl'V favour for 170 with co-is.