THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16204, 6 May 1918, Page 4

THE COURTS.

magistebial.

(Before Mr T. A. B. Bailer, S M ) DRUNKENNESS. Three first offenders were for drnnkeon ess ea-ch. lined ss, in detault tweutvfour fiours| imprisonment. a second offender, WilliaJii Carlyle Graham, was fined Ids, in default forty-eight 'hours' imprisonment. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. An order for payment forthwith of a debt oi XL lvs ou, m ctelault two davs' imprisonment, was made in favour 'of J. iialianryuu a net Co., Ltd. (:\ir T. H. Williams), against Jb'rancis J. t^uinn. J. ai. lonorct sued John Henry O'Uallaghan tor a debt of £1. j\ o order was made. rtenry Suilivan proceeded against 3.lark jieeUett (.Ur I'. W'. l,'owe> for recovery of a debt of £14 lis, balance of a n amount ordered to be paid under a recent judgment. Debtor was ordered to pay os per w e ek otf the debt, in uefaut fourteen days' imprisonment. CLAIM AGAINST SHIPPING Co-UI'ANY. A claim lor ids lid for damages idiegeu to iiare been due to the lau.tv carnage of goods on tue s.s. Calm was made uv i\oss and Ulenuming, Ltd., nganust the Canterbury Shipping L'ompciiiVj oeiore ..ir vV. t». Kiuueli, ts.iM., at tiio \voinngton Court on t riday. in tue statement ot claim it. was set out that on or about lota November last tne Dunecun agents or lto;sj and tdenaming, Ltd., consigned certain gocus by live s.s. Calm to their

Wellington ijianeli, and tliat tiio dofendani cfinnia.iy nad failed to carry | sucft gcods ; mi particular one cast: ; containing faini.ua nats, which was 'damaged.. A part ot ti.e contents of | tins case had, moreover, boon .saturated • with some iirjuid, appaiemly beer. J.t wa.s aiso alleged that a short lengui <ir tweed had been damaged tiuougn faulty carriage. After lengthy evidence had been heard, tlio Magistrate hold that ..the hats Had been damaged by sonic liquid while in the hands of the shipping company and it v.as lor the shipowners to show' that there had been no negligence. .Kegjiiding tiio ouw of tweeds, the Magistrate considered that tho evidence snowed that |l:c ease was struckuraliv weak. and a "repacking receipt" for tiiat had been given, and the plaintiffs could not. 'recover. •)augment was given for plaintiff* for .-'i ;,s witn costs in rci'ect to the damage to the liati.