MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13161, 7 July 1908, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

i CHRLSTCHFRCII. \ Mr 11. \, . j ii._i_<,x,. S.M., presided at th" .M_..ii-u;ue'. (.uurt yesterday. Dc.iiii l i r-kidey, a second offender for eH-uiikeiiin.v.s, v,a.s lined 10s and costs, iii UL_i-iiit ic* hour..' imprison- ; mem. jiiiinie Bro.vn ar.d Herbert Price I (Mr Di.n.n<-ji>) were with U_-| havii.g i;;<:eL<-nuy in a public piace. Ai.i.i ne-.unii; mc evid.-m c, tue ' irau- si.'ni.'iin.-'.l tho \io.uan to aix months' '.n.p.'-itoiiineni, but siispenuoJ. ; tiie- ,;ii-i-a:.L p;-.vi..ej one rc-njauie<] in I the .-..i.viiiK.*:i ..r.i.y lioaie lor that! pi-nod. J'i'.t-i: '.I'u.s setiUMicvd to __. i ini.ii-., ii:.j-;i,-iiii!i.e;it. ! l-.-.'ly;; i.ii.nl.'i:, a girl 17 years of! age. K.r .', jui.-ii .Mr .\a|,elS d, ' -.'. i... < iiat-'v.d .vith being an idie v..d i <)!•";-. .iv _~-,.-.. ii, in Lh._.t ihe |,a.j i.\, viol-! "!>■ in. an- n; siim,i,-n. Mr Al- • [I'-rs -,iiui mat tin; £;.-| j, u J been ; n'll «.!' \\oik lor .V.._i,'- L.,i.e j.u..1. A.-.i l--.-i reci-ivt,.! an ;u.o.'. ,ii.» c l.'c.iii mc! man who h,..1i uct_<i n:,.. _-, aj-pear. ii:_ ; girl want.d to i.c kepi Uh-.er (e>:uroi, n-it it was n-._t di.iire-: ti.-.__ the bin-tiki ' ti.- t_-.ii t-o hUt-ii ii -jr;i>.t.e- lion.c ;u> Te j Ui;i:.'ga. lie undcro;'>Ai t-iiai the Siil-i y.-uioa Army we-r.i Miiiii.-g i*> take her • in, :md that the Magistrate, Miuuld send her to the Army home, j i lie Ma<;iotrate ordered tlio yiti to j come up lor aoiiteme when cain-u ui*on, on ejoiKution that -he* r« -.naiii-d in the »>aJvati<>n Army ilo;i;e for two yeans. CJVIL CASES. Judgment was niven for plaintiff, «'ith costs, by detuuk, in Die ioliutviiig eases:—J. T. Look (.Mr Leatheui) v. W. K. Anderhon, J.l IDs bd; Oswald Coates (.Mr i-J.-Mier.) v. J. 11. O'Callaghan, _:_! _.:-,; 11. \\ . llofmei.ster (Mr Cuuinghaui) v. J. VV. Ak-Leod, £1; Win. BoM-den (.Mr Leathern.i v. Robt. Williamson, JLI lis lid; .... (Jerry (Mr Johnston; v. Tho.s. .Smith, ].3s 7d; il. Pamieil Mosloy.) v. Alfred t'oodson, Li 15s; Henry Patten v. Thomas tvent, _J3 10s and possession of tenement.

Hammond and Co. (Mr Cuningham) v. A. 'Thomas, claimed £o l'.s 5d under a judgment summons. The Magistrate, alter hearing the debtor's statement, declined to make an order.

L. A. Cropp was ordered to pay Taylor and Co. £1 Is lid i'orthM-ith'under a judgment summons, or go to gaol for tovon days.

F. J. P. Horn (Mr Donnelly) claimed 12s 6d (value of a duck) from B. P. Manhiro. Defendant had a duck in his possession which plaintiff claimed as hi.s property. Defendant stated that he bred tho duck. His Mifo M-as of opinion that he bought tho duck, and his son was not quite sure how tho duck came into his father's possession. The .Magistrate said that tho evidence M-as all in favour of plaintiff, and ordered tho duck to bo returned Mithin 48 hours. Ho assessed its value at ss.