MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14432, 13 August 1912, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

(Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.). BRUXKENXESS. ' A female first offender for drunkenness was fined o≤, m default twentvfour hours Hnprisonineut. A ma!o first offender, who had been drunk while in charge of a horac and cart, was fined 10s, in default forty-eight hours' imprisonment. OXE OF THE FALLEN vMHiJnT . Va »shaa was chared citance," as she had that she wished to yo to a situation. She had jcen in Mt Magdala,.and the authdlt lies there were wd ing to take her jack. She was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon, provided she remained in the Mt. Magdala Home for twelve months FALSE PRETENCES. Thomas Higgins, alias Andrew Jvoown, ahas AlcCuue,, was charged ! with being an idle and disorderly person, having insufficient lawful means < f support: and further, that on August lOth, at Christchurcli, he attempted to obtain from Hector Gatherer, the sum I of 10s. by means of a certain false pretence, to wit a medal, which he tendered as a half-sovereign. Tlie medal Lore on. ono side a head, and the superscription, ' "Marcus .Clarke,-1890," and on the'other an advertisement for a firm of -drapers in New-town, JN'.S.W. Jt appeared to be made of a metal looking like gold, and in a crowded placo would be very likely to deceive. Accused pleaded guilty to the second charge, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. The charge of vagrancy was withdrawn. DEFAULT CASKS. In the following cases tJiere was no appearance of defendant, and judgment', with costs, was entered for the plaintiff by default: —Wynn-WilHams and 'Brown (Mr Brown) v. Ernest Alfred Trickett, £2 2s; Now Zealand Insurance Co., Ltd. (Mr Alpers) v. G. L. Ostler, £5 8s 4d TChnstchurch Press Co. v. J. W. Johnston, £3 16s; A. E. Young and Co. (Mr Leathern) v. Charley Wong, £1 Is sd; Sara Donaldson y. P. H. Gobdsir, 14s 10d; Triggs and Denton (Mr Cuningham) v. E. S. Groat. £4 10s lid; Motor Import Co., Ltd. (Mr Cuningham) v. S. Haswell, £7 15s 8d; J. F. Duff (Mr Eowe) v. Ernest A. Eyres, £11 19s Id; F. W. Burrows (Mr Rowc) v. Gerald Winter Vivian, £2 7s 6d. , . JUDGMENT SUMMONS CASES. Arthur Goodrich, who did not appear, was ordered to pay Emma Anthony (Mr Anthony) £4 16s forthwith, in default five days' imprisonment. Georgo Newton did not put in an appearance, and was ordered to pay Patrick James Molly (Mr Cuningham) £1 2s Gd forthwith,' in default twenty-four hours' imprisonment. In tho case of Turnbull and Jones, Ltd. (Mr Rowe) v. John S. Julian, claim £3 8s 6d, debtor, who did not appear was ordered to pay tho amount fortwitli, in default three days' imprisonment. J. \V. Bell was ordered to pay "Everybody' 9 Limited". (Mr Leathern) £5 15s 9d forthwith, in default five days' imprisonment. John Crowe was sued by "Everybody' 9 Limited" (Mr Leathern) for £10 18s Id. Debtor appeared, and stated that his earnings 4vere £2 15s per week; ho paid ,14s per weok rent, and had fivo children to support. His wifo had been illj and in that way lie had iii— curred heavy expenses.? An order for payment at tho rate of two shillings per week was made, in default seven days' imprisonment. David Irving, against whom "Everybody's Limited , ' asked an order in respect of a judgment for £7 lls Id. ap- : pcared and stated that he had eight' children* His wife had left him: three months before, and since their ho had had to look after the children. His wife had obtained the goods, the subject of the claim. No 01 dor was made. JUDGMENT RESERVED. Tho New Zealand Wholesale Club, Limited, in liquidation (Mr Anthony), claimed from Alf. Magnus (Mr Gresson) tho sum of £9, balance of unpaid capital in respect of shares in tho company alleged to have been allotted ' to defendant. Mr Gresson contended that defendant was not a shareholder, in that ho had not received notice of allotment. Hβ submitted that it was not sufficient for plaintiffs to call ft clerk, who would swear that a notice of allotment hod been •, forwarded to defendant. It would have to bo proved that notice had been sent tc defeddnnt. Alf. Magnua, the defendant, a mining expert,, said that he had not received any notice of allotnient, and as tho company had gone into liquidation a month after ho applied for shares, ho thought that ho had not bee,n allotted shares. A. W. McNicol. secretary to the company, gave evidence to tho effect that ho liad superintended tho sending out of notices of allotment to applicants for shares. All tho names were typed out in a list, and the list was checked before the " notices were posted. No copies were kept of notices of allotment sent out. Tho Magistrate said that there were a number of authorities on ""the point raised by Mr Gresson. Judgment ' would be reserved. . [ A CATTLE CASE. i George Bondley claimed one red-and-wliito heifer, of the value of £8, alleged ; ;o bo detained by Georgo Bugg ajid ! ! Mary Ann Bugg, and £2 damages -for ] tho detention. ' Mr McConnt'irappeared for the plain- ] till and Mr Raphael for the defendants. ' The Magistrate said that the cvi- J dencfi was so evenly babneed that it was impossible to decide the ownership i of tho animal. TJIO plaintiff was Mon- ; suited with costs. ' ■■" ' ■ ■ ■ 1