THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

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MAGISTERIAL., THURSDAY. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A statutory first offender was convicted and lined 10b, in defan.t 24 hours' imprisonment. AFTER HOURS. Arthur StraWord, who pleaded guilty to being found on the licensed premises of Storey's Hotel after hours, was convicted and fined 20s and cobU. ALLEGED THEFT., Clarence Michael Woodward, 23 years of age, appeared charged uiat on or about August 9th, 1923, at Couttß Island, he did steal the sum of £5, the property of Koyce Nicholls.

Sergeant Roach asked that the accused be remanded to appear on May 19th at Kaiapoi, as he understood there were five other charges pending. , Th accused was accordingly rem&ivded. THREATENING BEHAVIOUR. Patrick Hayes, 34 years 'of age, who did not appear, and Pcrr.ival Olds, 33 years of age, who' pleaded guilty, were jointly charged that they did use threatening behaviour in St. Asaph street, whereby a breach of the peace wc.s occasioned.. Constable Hughes said that, at G p.m. on Wednesday, he noticed tho accused men fighting on the footpath outside the' Zealandia Hotel, and he arrested them. Hayes, who had been bai:«d out in the sum of £5, was convicted and fined 40s and copts, in default 10 dnys' imprisonment, and Olds was convicted and fined 20s and costs, in default seven days' imprisonment. ; CIVIL BUSINESS. •Judgment by default was given for plaintiff m each of the following cases:—-booth, ilacdonuld and Co. v. R. W. Smith, £8 7s 3d; P. S. Nicholls v. V. E. Hunt, £4 2s (id; Prcderici Aldersley v. Arthur Smith, £1 8a 4d; T. E. Taylor and.Co., Ltd. . v. A. J. Oakley, £1 '2a; W. Durnpleton v. J'. Barron, JJ2 it ß ; Geo. Pierce v. E. J. Hawkings, £b 6s; J.. Simpson v. W. Barker, £3 14s sd; J. Burns and Co.; .Ltd., v. J. H. M. Williams, £29 18s 8d; F. 1). Kesteven v. N. H. W. Burns,.£l4; E. C. Courtney v. J. Elstob, 10s; M. A. Lambert v. V. Blackmore, £1; H. Wooff and E. Salveßon .v. A. Taylor, £l4 15s 6d; M. Prendergast v. E. T. Smith, £79 Is 4d; J. W. Trott v. H. Cornish, £1 10s; Adams, Ltd. v. G. H. Hulme, £3 10s; H. F. Evans and Co. v. D. McLaren, £2. Is Gd! G. C. Price v. F. Chapman, £4; Emmiv Trele'aven v. James Barr, £5 • 14s 7d;.. Jock . Suckling, Ltd. v. S. Beavan, £1 7s; W.'Costello v. J. Munday, £2 10s; same v. A. Preston, £4 10a; same v. W. Ray, £6 10s; Christehurch Gas Co., Ltd. "v. Mrs L. Thompson, £5 16s 4d; C. E. Hollies and Co. v. Francis J. McMillan, £3 17s 9d; W. , Strange and Co., Ltd. v. Mrs L- Thompson.- £ll 9«. H.'Hooper waß ordered to pay Alex. Johnston £l6 8s 6d forthwitn, in default three weeks' imprisonment. . ' ~ CLAIM AND COUNTER-CLAIM. -

Judgment was given in' the case in which Malcolm M'athison claimed from R. R. Munday the sum of £27, being, the value<cf twj working sheep dogs shot and/ rendered useless by' the defendant without lawful justification on or about] October 27th and 28th, 1923, and the siim of'£2o as general damage! owing to'the loss of. the dogs having reduced plaintiff's f\ The defendant counter-claimed from, the plaintiff £99 .in respejt';. of damage to seed beds and plants caused by poultry anddjgs. • The Magistrate said that pTainliff was a • most unsatisfactory* and unreliable . witness. On the claim, plaintiff was non-suited with oostß £3 6s to the defendant. -'On the counter-claim, judgment was given for £3O and £5 18s costs. BREACH OF AWARD, The Inspector of : Awards (Mr 1. &. Fielder) proceeded against Henry Charles . Fergusjon, Victoria street, Christehurch, / painter and decorator, for employing a nonunionist aid failing to , notify the secretary . 6f the union of the engagementi Defendant was fined' 10s. , ' . GOODS SUPPLIED.J.".J. Johnson/, shopkeeper (Mr G. A. Q. Cohnal)' claimed , frorn v John '• Duncan (MrS. E. McCarthy) the, sum of . 3d, money owing on Recount, of groceries supplied. Jfidginent. Was given for. p aintiff fjr the full amount;, with -The N.Z. Farmers'-Co-op. Association ak Canterbury, Ltd. (Mr W; J. Hunter) claimed i from Christian Jolm Anderson (c.o. Devercn, Lyttelton) (Mr D. E. Wank'yh) the. sum .of £26 5s Bd,-;beihg:goods sold s and delivered between-August 1920, and Jun«. 1921. _• After some-, evidence', had :oeen hsard, the case, was 'adjourned/till May'22nd. f ,

SUPPLYING LIQUOR T^KA*IVES-, •'.•': '(tBESS ASSOCUTIOH tILBQBUI.) ... OPOITIKIj May 15. ; Edward Ferdinand Johnson' was. .charged' ..*»., .vW.lrata's Court, with supplying liquor to Maoris off I] pleaded not guilty, showed that the conte demijohn of beer were _con<sui