THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16472, 15 March 1919, Page 5

THE COURTS.

SUPREME COURT. IN CHAMBERS. (Before his Honour Mr Justice Herdman.) I Leave to Bell under the Mortgage and tension Act, 1914, was granted in re State Advances Superintendent v. Evans; Casey v. Freeman; State Advances Superintendent v. Hall; Trapnell v. Streeter; Rodgers v. J. R. and D. Campbell; Hopkins v. Alley; Chinnery v. Chinnery. An order for winding lip the defendant .company and anotlier for creditors to provo debts was mado in re Turnbull and Jones v. *ho Brighton Co-operative Picture Co., Ltd. „ _ . In re B. SI. Davies v. H. G. T. Davies, tin order for -a decree nisi was made absolute. Probate was granted in each of the following deceased persons estates: Andrew O'Lonklin", Jas. Hy. Hellowell, Frank Langdon, William Robert Anderson, Patrick Grealy, Robert Munro, Edward W. Catchpo.o, Jas. Edward Shaw, William Fredk. Steere, Andrew Russell Reid, Annie Leitchj Peter Wilson, and John Connal. Letters of administration were granted in cach of the following deceased persons' estates: Harriet (iunn, Richard Sharp, William Nickle, Mary Shaw, Fanny gouter, Alexander Meharry, Leslie Samuel Murray. MAGISTERIAL. FRIDAY. (Before Mr T. A. B. Bailey, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Joseph Percy Morcan was fined 5s for drunkenness. On a charge of wufully damaging a plate glass window to the extent ot £40, the property of Hallenstein Bros., he was remanded for a week, bail being allowed, self in £25 and one surety of £-5. Morcftn was bi»ught before the . Court again in the i afternoon, when Senior-Ser-geant Cummings said accuscd had paid 480, at which- amount the damage had been assessed. With the leave of the Court tlie ■charge was withdrawn. . . William John Owens, gharged with drunkenness, was fined 10s, in default 48 hours imprisonment. ' THEFT. Alexander McKinnon, who pleaded guilty to the theft of nine ehirta. valued at £3 2s 3d, tho property of Geo. VV. Plimsoll, was remanded till next Friday for sentence Lavina Isaacs was convicted of the theft of four £1 notes, the property of Henry Ernest Neale. ■ She was admitted to probation for twelve months, and ordered to pay witnesses' expenses £3 12s, and to make restitution of £3. REMANDED. Daniel Joseph Lane, who pleaded not guilty to the theft of boots valued at 2ls, the property of E. J. Burt, was remanded till 'next Wednesday, bail being allowed, self in £10 and one surety' of £10. BY-LAW BREACHES. Arthur R. 'Barnes, charged with driving sheep along Princess street, Riccarton, between tho hours of 9.15 turn, and 4 p.m., was convicted and discharged. _ 'Mrs Cecelia* Farrer, on a charge of driving n motor-car along Regent street, Woolston, at a speed of over 15 miles per hour was lined 30s and costs. On a charge of carrying a passenger on a motor-cycle other than in a oide-chair, Bernard J. Flood was fined 10s r.nd costs. Ernest Drayton was fined 103 and costs for riding a motor-cycle without possessing a certificate of ability. ■ • Basil W. Dickey was chargcd, that being the registered owner of a motor-cycle, ho failed to notify the chang2 of ownership ot such. He WH3 fined 10s and costs. Gerald T. Chryatal! was fined 20s and cost 3 for riding a motor-cycle by night without a light, 40s and costs for riding a mot-cr-cyclo without passing the exhaust gas through a silencer, and 103 and costs for using sn unregistered motor-cycle. Kingslev Chappell was convicted and discharged for riding a motor-cycle without possessing a certificate of ability.

MAINTENANCE. Andrew John McNicholl, charged with being £412 Cs _3d in arrears on a maintenance order made in respect of four children, | inmates of the Christchurch Receiving Home, i was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the warrant to bo suspended so long as defendant paid 17s 6d a week towards tho arrears. (Before Messrs J. H. Seager and S. Bullock, J.P.'s.) DISMISSED. A charge of perjury, brought against Lena Cox by Ernest Chaz. McDonald, , was dismissed. ASHBURTON. (Before Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) John iTi-iiber (Mr Kennedy) pleaded guilty to u charge of having been drunk ana disorderly, and was frnai 10s, without costs. P. J. Baker v/as fined 10s and costs for failing to attend parades. John Dixon, ou a similar charge, 'was lined 4Us and costs. Similar chargcs against E. J. Price, Arnold James Loacn, ana \villiam Charles Mayaon were adjourned to see how tho defendants attended luture parade 3. C. W. Ycatman was fined 40a and costs 'or failing to attend parades. Iu a civil case, Thomas Arpeli (Mr Kennedy) v. J. W. Comyr.3, claim £KI Ts Bd. judgment was given ior plaintiff, with cosis £ii. " W. J. Brown (Mr Kennedy) claimed from W. E. Lloyd (Mr Piirncll; £3Z ss, balance of account' ior work done in altering reconstructing a dwcliing-housc at MaySeld After hearing the evidence for tho plain tilt a non-suit catered. SANGIOIU. C. I. Jennings, J.l'.) Herbert J. Edge was cliargca with having ieuea iu pioviae ais lour ch.;mcn witn adequate uicinteaiiiici.-. a rtmiaU was granted ] ull the ioat. j