THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18182, 19 September 1924, Page 7

THE COURTS.

jp~m<3STERIAL. I P* : : THURSDAY. fe(B3dta Mr H. Y.' WidHowson, S.M.) |" DRUNKENNESS. •&L statutory first offender .was fined 10s, in 34 hours' imprisonment, f* CIYIL ~BtJSINiIBS.~ |||adgineirt was given for plaintiff by ,de-. - following -cases:— J.lW.iSrttt v. J. B. D'lynn, £5 ss; B. Wat--tijawi and C. E. Smaii. v. -is. Jxelly, £7 'teT.dL McCalium v. Thomas Lynn, £i) Gfclld: A. ii- W. Stevens v. J. iiaiawin, s6a 6d: Massey-Harris Co. v. S., A. A. E. Birchall <Kio Sio), £5 m IgPgJ. Ward and C 6., L'td., v. Jijjtheriord (Sumner), £& ; Anne Jane Josepn. Hayes, £40;"- W. H. *.§UWia and Sons. v. Kiiiett and Gill {Car;fowm), £7 10s; same v. N. Y. Stewart ■ffaeatinga), £lB-198 9d; same v» W. McJfto tfiosgiel), £1 19s; same v. Fi feCsel,' £1 0a 8d; E. Wi- Pidgeon and Co., i H. ChsOlis, £66 .las -fid; -A. S. «&-v. J. Niethe, £4 15s; H. Pannell ■ttfrGo. v. F. J. Jlurfitt, £3 15s; H. J . iiTmnw-.v. H. Ellis, £T 108; Aitchison, - te'fW Co., Ltd,'v. B. Treacher,. £46 k r H, E. Kent.. was. ordered .to pay G.- E. ; Ltd., the sum -of £1 8s forthwith, vmdaaalt two days'* imprisonment. J.'Lorgelly, farmer, of 71 Wharenui road, BittMtaa 'A. li. Cavell), claimed £3 10a &i from A. G. Unwin, coal merchant, «i Stanmore road, alleging that defendant ltd not paid -for three ton 3 of coal delhcied to him in October, 1923. Defendant admitted ho had reoeived the coal. Judg--wwrt was given for the plaintiff with costs, & 12s. H. Oakley and Sons., Ltd., manufac-i'.-'tattn (Mr G. A. G. Connal), proceeded > : «B«inst -W. Pitcaithley, formerly trading «» Rtciithley and Co. (Mr C. S. Thomas), for £l3 Bs, being the amount owing for 109 Jalf-inch water sprinklers, and. 48 _ <!Utrter intir sprinklers manufactured by ™ company and delivered ,to the. The -defence- was that lie made were not up to sample defective generally. Judgment was ' defendant with- costs. ' McClintdck, labourer, of Belvuc R. H. Livingstone), claimed vfoq|j P ( Brown farmer,, of Broadficlds (Mr r ■-» June and ~ July -last. Plaintiff v?thjt he Had earned £3B 6s Gd by ,'W^Tpotatoes and tba.t defendant had :***& SMfl £29 12s 6d. Judgment was i t the defendant with costs. v .A TENEMENT. .... *" JKifig, of 266 Oxford terraco, • fenended 'against Ebenezer il. Mulligan, Gashel street, claiming £9, being e ®#6 rental paid to defendant. The statement' of-claim set out thai aeiwd&tii was the owner of four dwelling ■iwaes if- 6ev~en rooms' eacli, known. as 2^iOtatt>Sg& T ..268 l ' 270, .273, Oxford s XJoretmnent valuation of th» proptr . fM-£2500, and -defendant purchased -tno ' ewaea in October, 1920, for the sum ot --Jfuinber 266 was let in A«g us r> lSM,J6i.'2(is per" week, was lowered * S Apfil, i9isi to 18s, . In September,. 191.5, fbtatiyvß increased to 20s,.and at some dale, it was' increased to 2/S M. • ■iwnt'Hsv; 1921--the rent "was - mcrea«ea -- fc a 12s 6d, and about October, I£-1> w ,® n r iiEttdwit Jet 2so- 266 to plaintiff,, he in; I «MMd to raise the rent ahove 323 6d, . tKe. stun' of £9, being the amount \ «jipaJd-Binc^ : Februaiy : 19th> 1924- , ; appeared for plain * of and Mr 'C. S. Thomas for defendant. Mulligan claimed possession , the . tfJl- - the tenancy having been termina ea one week's notice. Be .further claimed iwUths tenant, by Vub-letting the dwelling WW®, or part thereof, =as making a PJ 05 ?" ' living regard to the. rent P a^ id 3 * was unreasonable. here:fo possession of the for £l6, being rent and ®em g«6fe-from July 22nd to September 16tn : ■: r _caeea ~were taken together. - .. !p. jWfa|-ws icserved.

IN OTHER PLACES. PRISONERS SENTENGEB: (PEESS ' ASSOCIATION TEIJS3*AM.) WELLINGTON, September 18. Two prisoners appeared ih the Supreme Court for sentence this morning. Claude Charles Brinsley, on-a charge'"of defrauding the business firm • which had formerly him as branch manager, was sentenced to reformative detention for a period iH>t cxcscd-inf? two years. Normttn Hixg"!! Nicholson, for assault' on fl> little girl at Greytown, was sentenced to threo years' reformative . detention. ,