MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13063, 13 March 1908, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Mr 11. W. IVisliop. S.IM.. presided at tJie M:i;.'i.strato's Court jv-torday. Jnd.j'uii'-iu, w«is yiven for plaant'ifl, by doiaiilt, i.n the following oases, with ootvttt: —Alali-ny and Co.. Ja<\. (Mr W<t-t<Mi) v Mrs Turvey, I'l 12a od ; lyttelton Tini/'S Co. v J. LJu.ck, I'l l!ss; same v JL It. Holmau, LA S«s; same v A. H. L itch in Id, L 2 Ots : same T .J. O'Coniiell. l"w; same v W. 11. Slux>l, JL_ Ss ; sii'iK- v .1. Tut-tor, £1 9_ : Miiii-e v 11. J. T'-en, .CI its*, sum* v \V. J.

Voiiii!'. _._-"• l. r >« ;kl; Cliristchiuch I':ti~.s C-0., Ivtd. v F. P. M. Smith, J1.3 IL's.

Frank 110-iit. Warren (Mr T?owo) v • Kdw..,rd Jloji-t*, elaiuied l'_ •*> for inserting an advertisement in his, newspaper, ! the- "Avi.n.'-' I'iio defendant prodiK-ed i a receipt lor 7.s Gd. au<l tho .Maoistrat-* j gnvc judgir.ejit for JJI 17s i.kl and ; CO.St.<. I 11. T-irii'ford (Mr Leathern) applii'd '; fcr an onlcr under a judgment sum- ; iron-, a .-pi inst- Thomas .Hu_hns. Tho . Ma_ti;.trat(> ordered tho amount, JL'.'L !o . i-.o paid at the rate of -"is a week, in default fourteen days' imprisonment. j hi tho case of Ch/is. (Jriw v Vun. i Sivioke!—a. okiim of £1 C«s under n judi?----j niriit sutranon.s —the Magistrate* doj c-lintxl to make- an order. A CJIAUGK-OF THKI'T. Alfred James W«rre.i pleaded "Noi : guilty too charge <-i stealing a pur.se i vain' 4at !_, (id. a .gold brooch val-m-d , a.t !(._ (W.l, and S.s in money, tlio proj pcrty of Clara lieim. I Clara Helm st.it'sd t-lmt accused and 1 another man vi--il.~! Mr- Soy- .; iroiir'h house, whore she was ; Mayiii I .', on \\'e<lii(--<'<>y. Wjuicfs and ! Seymour went iiito the • ir.-nt room, and when they returned , wi-iness's pui-wo. w-hi<\li -i\as lying on the sola, had disap;ntired. Constable evi-lenco as to arr<*Ntin,? accin-cd and finding the in his jMisseiseion. The a<--<*Ufiewl .stated that tlio puree had to him by Helm to '■: md. The .Maoistrat. said ho would in.; ronviet ac<-us'yl on the uncorroborated sta.tomont of the com.ipiainajit,, and the (-ace would Im> diiimisjaxl. SI'IMTITRS OF THl*'; PJ_\CB. Wm. He-nry lirowrt was char?r-l "■i-t.li a.ssaiiit;ii'i 3iis-i_hor. Kt-!iel Maude Brown (M r IJ..>nr:.^!yi. a( .d the latter aju-lied for a.n order binding him over to ktM'p the iK_oe for six months. Jvuei .Maude ]srw\-n that tho trou.-.le sta.ruj in the first instance over ia.mily mat-tors, and an order of the Court, whieJi had be-e.n executed on her anjdicaiioß. had not helix-.] to

niinmiuso their strained relationship. Ho waited for her -whenever she hap-p-ncd to lcovo hor h0u.,0, and had threatened her on several occasions. >;ie was convinced that he meant to da her injury, as he had so id "he -.iou!d <]» for her, even if he had to st. ing for it." Recently she found a razor secreted near her _r.-i.te_ which .st ten.:n li.-m d her l-eliof "that ho was intei'i on business." Tne Magistrate granted the a.ppHcation. and ordorod aer-utsed to enter into .siwvti.vs. himself in ioO. and one other in -'"•'). that ho would oomph- with tlie order. BREACH OF A PROHIBITION ORDER. John Nixon was frr.vti _.\k and costs Jor t rc-.suxing liquor during t_u> curiviny of a pr_iu.bition order.