MAGISTERIAL.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15747, 14 November 1916, Page 5

MAGISTERIAL.

(Before Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M.) DRTJNKEXN ESS. A first offender was fined os, or. ; n default, 24 hours' imprisonment, and r. second offender Frederick Charles Sergeant was fined 10s or 48 hours' imprisonment. VAGRANCY. Frederic Sntton Clark was charged with being an idle and disorderly person. The police stated that the defendant was from the country, and had been knocking at>out town getting meals and then going off without paying, saying ho had no money. There were no previous convictions against him. His "Worship said he refused to send a man to igaol on a first offenco of this sort. He v.-ould convict the defendant and order him to come up for sentence when called upon. John Dobbs, who from Hororata. was charged with a similar offenee. The. police stated ho had been at' Sumner, living there without any means. In answer to the Bench, ho stated he had come into town with £6. He had spent this and was ill. and could not go back to work. Staff-Cap-tains Barnes, of the Salvation Army, offered to take the defendant till he was able to get work, and he was accordingly convicted and discharged. CIVIL BUSINESS. Judgment by default was given for plaintiff, with costs in the following undefended oases : —Trade Auxiliary Co. of N.Z.. Ltd. v. James Tullock, £o Gs 9d: N.Z. Farmers' Co-operative Association Ltd., v. J. W. Jackson £12 6s lOd; Williams and Butler v. A. W. Whitehouse, £2 Is 2d; Skeltort Frosticb and Co. Ltd v. F. H. Reach. £72 8s 9d; N.Z. Trotting Journal, Ltd., v. James Tasker. Clifford Tasker, and Royco Tasker, £13 17s Gd; N.Z. Suppliers' Exchange v. Dalton and Co., £0 Os 9d; George Tayler and Co. v. Mrs W. Knight, £4 os; James Knight v. Thomas Spillane. £18 los 7d; Gordon and Gotch Proprietary, Ltd., v. L. and L. Flower, £30 7s 7d; Mason. Struthers and Co., Ltd., v. Lionel Sladc, 17s 6d. BREACH OF FAITH. Captain A. W. Owles, of New Brighton, was the plaintiff in a somewhat peculiar case. He engaged a young woman, Agnes Plato, of Invergill, to act as domestic servant, on the understanding that lie Mould pay the train fare from Invercargill to* Christchurch on condition Miss Plato stopped in her position for six months. She agreed, received the proffered fare, and came to Christchurch on September 19th. when she went on to New Brighton in a taxi. On September 24th. without giving any notice, sho left and Captain Owles accordingly brought the case. The Bench sympathised with the plaintiff, and said that some girls nowadays had no sense of responsibility. Judgment was given for the plaintiff.