THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17585, 14 October 1922, Page 5

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL 'FRIDAY. (B«Io-ro Mr Wyvern Wilson, 5.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A j!rat offender was fined Es, in default W hours' imprisonment. Another first offender, wao aid not appear, was fined 10=, in default JS hours' imprisonment. disorderly. Jaipeji Poole was charged with having behaved in a disorderly manner while drunk. "cmor-Sergeant F. Lewin raM that deie)idartt_ had made a disturbance in the Square Dy calling cut to pscple. Defendant was fined 50a, in default- 48 hours imprisonment. REMANDED. Duncan Klceber, alia 3 Cleaver, alias Cleever (Mr V. 7 , F. Tracy) v.ms chargod that etttcn .'ingTiat 11th and 13th ho broke ana entered the storeroom o£ the Crown Hotel and stole two cases of gin and one case of schnapps, valued at £lB, the property of Joan 1 homas 33ourne. °n the application of Detectivc-Ssrseant V. Connolly accused vras remanded till "Wednesday, .anil being allowed in £SOO and on two sureties of £250.

• BY-LAW CASES. Por allowing chimnoya to cat-cli fire, hlizabaUl Bethune, Annie Elizabeth Bigwood, John. Biightling, Frederick H. Carter, Charles Clark, Henry Francis Drain, Hutk iawceit, William Hume, Lancelot Lewin, i. Mintrom, F. H. Sandall, Ernest Shroud, Lucy lhompson. and Adeline Mary Turner were each fined 53. Patnna Anderson,, on a similar charge, was convicted without penalty. George Edward Chriatensen was fined os end costs Tor riding a motor-cyclo without lights, and 10s and costs for iiavini* no cotof ability. Leonard Robt. Clark, for pillion riding, was fined 53. For having no certificate of ability he was fined 10s. I'or speeding, the following: penalties wore imposed:—F. J. Anson 403 and coats; Henry Denh?.in £5 and costs. George Binney, who pleaded (fuilty to having entered a moving tramcsr, was fined 10s and costs. Henry S. Gordon, for cycling in Sydenham Park, was fined ss. Charged with leaving* a motor-car in Hagley Park, Mrs George Green was convicted without penalty. For leaving motor vehicles without lights, Harry Hare was fined 03 and costa, George William James Parsons 5a and costs, and William Debenham 53 and costs. William Curtis was fined 5a for motor cycling without lights. James William Harria was charged that ho did not stop his car or keep' a vigilant look-out when ho came to Colombo street railway crossing. Tho crossing'-keeper stated hat' tho car shot over just in, front of the train. The car and the engine were or, tho crossing at th sarno time. A penalty of 203 and costs was imposed, the Magistrate stating! that it was the duty of motor drivers to keep a vigilant look-out at tho crossings*. The regulations woTe made to protect people against themselves. On a charge of having driven without a certificate of ability, defendant was fined 10s. W. Hayward was fined 10a and costs for .cycling without lights. Jam?s William Smith, on a similar charge, waa fined a like amount. For leaving a motor vehicle unattended, Frederick Hookham waa fined Es arid costa. Cornelius Murphy,' charged with having ridden a motor-cycle between - a stationary tram «ndi the kerbing, was fined (SO?, and costs. Ron rid McCredie, for cycling' on the footpath, iroa fined 5s and co3t3. For driving a motor truck between a stationary tram and the kerbing, William Peckham was fined 20s and costs amounting to 295. An information against Mabel Victoria Saabo-.imo,. of having driven & motor-car without a certificate of ability, was dismissed, as tho oSence had been committed outpiai the city ! boundary. Will;>ajii 'Jcihes Stephens pleaded no 1 "niltv to bavin? driven a car ft 11 dangerous to the public. A constable. stated th«t lie estimated defendant's sn&ed in Colombo atreet at 30 miles per hour. T!i»rrwaa not much traffic .at the time. Defendant was convicted and fined 40s and coats. Albert Edwin Porter was fined £1 ®nd costs for driving a van without a license. A charge against Richard Orne Dixon, for fnilimr to keep to the left before turriin" into Hereford sfreot an-.l before npHfaq the intersection of tho street, was dismissed. ... , , TRUANCY. For failing 1 to send a child to school, G. . Trethcwan. was fined 7a and costs. A BUILDING CONTRACT, Hufh Warnock McClelland, builder, of 143 Opawv, road, Christc.hurch (Mr S. E. McCarthy) proceeded against Francis Albert George Sjjragge, waterside worker, of 130 Opawa, and his wife, Lucy Jane. Spraggs (Mr C. S. Thomas), for £G<l 3rl in respect of material supplied and iabom done. Plaintiff alleged that defendants contracted with'him for the erection of a olied on the defendants' land in Hawi'ord street, and r.i.30 for altering and improving their dwelling-house. Dsfendanta were to pay for all •material and labour, (other than carpenter's work) at current rates, and to pay plaintiff jgl per ehy. Defendants counter-claimed ior. && la, being for building materials converted by the plaintiff to his own 1.100. Judgment was, given for plaintiff on the oliiiws for A'SG Is, Ba, including an amount of ,655 9n id- paid into Court. On the counterclaim defendants were given judgment for £2, Tho parties agreed to pay their own ooata. NOW-SUITED. Robert J. Duncan, engineer and contractor, of 1-40 Huxley Street, Sjdanhnm (Mr F. 3. Wmtcombe), claimed from Geoxgo Thomas Jones, S Vvurrington street, St. Albans (Mr C. S. Thomas), the sum of £7l 5s ior work 'done, and materials supplied by him between December 10th, 1921, and March 6th, 1622, in and about the renovation of a. dwelling sitiint:d at 49 Ely street, the property of tho defendant. After hearing the evidence the Magistrate non-suited tie plaintiff. RANGIORA. (Beioro Miwra C. 1 L' Jennings and W. McGruer, J.P.'e.) "William Alexander Dickie Duncan, a young man, was charged with the theft of goods to the value of £1 10s Sd, the property of Victor H. &, Pulley, tobacconist, and olso with the theft of « sura of £23 10s 3d from G. Cudby, of th, Junction Hotel, ilr Ja. C. D. van. Aaoh appeared for the accused, who waa tomauded till next Friday. Bail' allowed, self in. £SO and two nmretiea of £SO each. ASHBURTON. (Before Mr E. D. Mosxy, S.K.) Hu'jsrt Knight., Cyril Loigelly, aa-.d a jufe nilo vera charged with throwing stones on ~h 3 roof of the iioure ot George I'nrevvay, and) with (bpositing oiiensive. matter on the doorstep. The charge against the juvenile waa adjourned for six months to ate how he behaved himself in ■ the meantime. Knight and; Lorgelly were each fined Ba, with costs 1 an 3 Hubert Edward Bantea wer® each convicted and ior having eit? unregistered hreariri' in theix sioiri. both weapons to bo forfeited. J. 71- Sherlock, George Yr luting, Roydon Friaby and John \\ellm«.n were each fined lbs, and costa 7a, ior isding bicycles at nifht without limits. Emma McKay was oraercd. to pay 73 costs for allowing a coW WRn^er