MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13359, 26 February 1909, Page 2

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Mr IT. AY. Bishop, S.M., presided at tho Magistrate's Court yesterday. Three first offenders tor drunkenness were oach fined! on and costs, in default 24 hours" imprisonment. Peter Burius a second offender, avius fined 10s, in default -JS hours' imprisonment. CIVIL CASES. Judgment was given for plaintiff, with costs by default, in the following cases:—James Rowlcs (Mr I.e.atheni) v. A AYarhurton. £3 ICte; M. Finlay (Mr Roue) v. J. Cross, £3; E. H. Howish v. J. Wobster and A. Colnmn, £5 : Graham, Wilson and Snieilie (Mr Vincent) v. Jamoe Uoyd, £'4: same v. AY. H. Ad-.ras, £2 13s 1W: sanw v. S. O'DonneM. £t .\s ; sumo v. Frank Ke:r, ii"., ifs 10d ; X.Z. Industrial Co-opora-tive Society. J. id. (.Mr Vincent.) v. »Si;«an Crowe, £M : saj'.io v. Joseph Down. £1 16s Id; same v. Edward Alfred Porter, £2 6s, 2d : same v. lv. Sullivan, £3; same r. Catherine RoH">. £2 13s; samp v. E. C. Chambers, £2 f)s 5d ; Chri.stcliurch City Council v. Joseph Reed. 5s C-l : A n<l.•γ-ooiis. Ltd (Mr Acland) v. Malcolm MoLeod, £20 4a lid; Lewis :md Anderson (Mr Rowe) v. AY. F. Waller, £"> 10w 3d: ■>. J White. Ltd (Mr I?owe) v. W. Watts, £1 : David Moore (Mr McConnoll.) v. E. Giles, £2 fe; Mrs l>alzell v. Bert Goodwin. £o 17s. Win. Fox was ordered to pay 1"). J. Kolleher (.Mr Hunt) £11 l'». at the. rate of £1 por n-.onth, or j;o lf> K a °J for three weeks. Tho X.Z. Express Company Olr Jzar<l) claimed 11s from W. L.. 1". Porter, for railway charges on goods forwarded from Timaru to ChrUtcliurch. It was stated that the plaintiffs charged defendant ll.s (id for railage, and after thus had been paid tho Railway Department found that they had made an error, and instead of 11s '.id, the railage should have been £1 2s M. The. diffcrenee was pawl' by the Company, but when defendant was approached ho refused to pay tl.o amount.. Plaintiffs were, not in a position to prove the' railway charges, and judgment was given for defendant, with costs G. L. Hunt (Mr Frazer) claimed £30 from C. Winter (Mr Donnelly) 'Or breach of contract in respect to the sale of a business. Tho plaintiff Raid that in October, 11)08, he bought a picture- framing business at Sydenham from defendant, and it was subsequently agreed that defendant should not commence a- similar business within a radius of livo miles from the Post Office for a period <-f three years. Tho business was repn-w-nted as being worth £12 per week, but owing to tho operations of defendant the weekly takings we.ro not anvthiiiß liko this amount. Evidence was given by three Indies to the effect that since defendant had sold his business to plaintiff he- hud canvassed for orders for picture frames and framed pictures for them. Mr Donnelly contended that the damages sustained by plaintiff did not amount to £30. He did not call any evidence, and judgment was given for the amount claimed. W. T. Cronin (Mr Leathern) claimed £27 iOs from A. Wriyht (Mr Flcsher) for building a cart and repairing another. Judgment was given for plaintiff for 10s and costs. After hearing legal argument in tho ease of W. M. Smith (Mr Frazer) v. D. Craighead (Mr E. Harper), claim £G3 8s (id for breach of contract in regard to the sale of certain land at Rolleston, the Magistrate gave judgment for £50 and costs. Michael Geoghegan (Mr McConnoll) claimed £15 12s from John Howard (Mr Hunt), hiro of a liorso for two years. The defendant said that tho plaintiff agreed to lend him tho horso provided ho kept it. Judgment was given for plaintiff for tho amount claimed. Martha Schneider (Mr Hunt) claimed £10 from Wni. Garrard (Mr Donnelly), for tho loss of a gun. The Magistrate said that he was personally interested in a claim where similar facts to those, in this case- would transpire, and as ho did not wish to express nn otnnion on the case 'lie would liko Mr Day to take it. Tho case was therefore adjourned till Saturday. The Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff for £40 and costs in the case of Philip Cannon (Mr Wilding) v. tho Canterbury Steamship Company (Mr Beswick). This was a claim for damages in respect to the loss of sheep consigned by one of tho company's steamers, from the Chatham Islands to Lyttelton. W. T. Mnher (Mr Vincent) sued R. P. AYoodham (Mr Donneily) for recovery of £5, tho cost of "preparation of plans and specifications for a dwell-ing-house, built to an estimate of £450 The plaintiff said that, defendant had made him an offer of £2 to settle the claim. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £3 and costs.