THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18219, 1 November 1924, Page 7

THE COURTS.

SUPREME COURT. RESERVED JUDGMENT. Resf-rvpd ;- given ty his our. Mr J:i?tico E«kl. in the case jj? v ' Jeremiah Dcr.ni? Jehr* Boyc:, and 1 Wens.joy Boy.] claimed :r~tn Jcli'.; Thacker the sum of - damages to property a". Kaikoura Defendant counter-claimed ±" or ( a " e £., dairuirc d.~»re to fencing. v.dzTucv'j jrlvm for the dffer.dant on tho c.a.'i:. y.t # costs oil tho highest scair, with -.vitne.-ses rsjonises and disbursements to 3S^C *"* 1 ** cd by the registrar. , Judgment was given f-r the riaiut.il o the counter-claim, trjth ccfts cn 'no sca.'e. MAGISTERIAL. FHI DAI". (Before Mr Wvvern VTilsor. S.M.' URrxivEx::-:.^. Patrick- McGinn, a second offender, was convicted and fined 4rts and co3ts, :n default -IS hours' imprisonment. A male first offender v.-as convicted end Sned ss, in default 21 hours' imprisonment. EX-SOLDIER'S LAPSE. Waller Lesiic* Bennett, a young man, pleaded guilty to a charge cf having a suit-case and a y>air oi trousers, \alued at £2. Senior-Sergeant F. Le'-vin said the accused was a returned soidier who had' been permanently disabled, and was in receipt o: a pension. He. had an artificial cum. Soma time ago he had been admitted to probation on a charge c: theft. In this case he was rhnring a room with another man in a boardinghouse in Wellington, and stole the thing? belonging to his room mate. Bennett had nothing to say in mitigation of the offence.

His Worship admitted accused to prooation for a torm of 12 months. "SEEKING THE TRUTH."

Leo Arthur Arnold Copland Boranoff, Albert Bernstein, nlias Leo Arthur Copland, pleaded not guilty to charges of: (1) On October 15th stealing n purse and money of a total value pi" i"2, the property of Rebecca .Jane Garden: (*2) on October 17th, •stealing a silk scarf valued at J!1 108, the property of the congregation of the Jewi.i.! Synagogue; (3) on October 24th, ho tailed tj como'iv with the terms of his reieaso on probationary license. . Accused waa declared an habitual crimir.al in 19! a. 4 Rebecca Jane Garden said that she ineu the accused at a hiblo students' meeting. He flien came to tier under the name of Copland, saying that he w«.» from Russia, and was "seeking' the truth." "While at ecps's house accused was left in the sittingroom while witness prepared some refreshment Her purse and handbag were in the sittingroom, the purse containing about When she returned k> the sittingroom accused was standing by her < V ■ Tho departure of the accused coincided with the departure of the purse. Later witness and a Mr Thompson interviewed the accused, and the latter gave witness a- valueless cheque for £3, aslcing if that would satisfy her.

Oscar Garden, son of the previous witness, said that he went to his mother's hand-bag for a tram ticket. He did not notice the. purse there at the time. George Thompson pave evidence of interviewing accused in company with Mrs Garden, and answered a long string- of questions put by accused. "You enjoyed yourself, too, with your bottle of Ba?s and your eig«Tette," said the witness. "Well, that's all right," replied accused.

The Magistrate: I think this old man's a hypocrite to start with. He goes along "seeking the truth," steals the puree and money, and gives a valueless cheque, which ia not the act of an honest and generous man as he wishes me to believe. He has aleo tried to blacken the boy's character. On tho charge of theft accused was convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. On the chaise of failing to comp'.y with the terms of his release on probationary license, Boranoff was sentenced to. three months' imprisonment. Tho third charge of theft from the Jewish Synagogue wee dismissed for want of prosecution, the police deciding not to call evidence. NEGLIGENT DRIVING. P. Borrell was convicted and fined £o and costs for having ridden a motor cyclo. ih a negligent manner. Tho evidence ofthe polios showed that he had collided with a cyclist. BY-LAW BREACHES. S. J. Aston. Lawrence Stutheridge, C. W. Aldridge, J. F. Brightwell, W. H. Foster, H. L. Ives, L. Moor, and) E. Silby were each convicted and fined 5s and costs for having ridden g bicye.e on a footpath. _H. Musrry and J. Forward were each convicted and fined as and costs for pillion riding.

W. C. Brydon was convicted and fined 5s and costs for having driven a motorcar without a tail Jight. G. ISelson and G. V. Cross were each convicted end fined 5s and costs for having driven a motor-cycle without lights attached J. McKibbin and Sarah Corbett., for a similar offence, were eacli convicted and lined 10s and costs.

Cecilia Farra was convicted and fined 5a and coats for having driven a, motor-car without a tail light. conviVw l C °i° k r ,lohn were each ridden , ♦ 10 ? and costs for hi ™S ridden a. cjcle at night without a li-ht.

CULViUKDE.W (Before Mr Wyvern AVilssn, S.M.) C K r^i f ? wander, A. B. Baier, 0. h. Cone, A. Creed, W. R. Creed T J FWter' h C r mpt ° n V r D - t PTv„; I' n IC f n, L H " -L. Hoff, and R M W. Long, Alfred rg ur n 'n m Kie, . F - Pc > w ell, H. E.. ridpf r i Walker, 1 Widdowson, C. AldHhfo' i, f 1 m ree char " eß )» A. liuciiaiian fc C u ar ° CH) ' /J' /■ Carson, C. E. Cone :'p n chp ;fg < Creed (three charges), •p' P c ryett (eight chargeß), T. iicllroy, G. i ow:si (two charges), W. Powis (two charges), • »\. D. Rogers (three charges) and J. 1. liompson were each convicted and iined is and costs, 10s 6d. ' rhe L Hurunui Rabbit Board (Mr A. F. Wright) proceeded against C. S. Hickman, under the Rabbit Nuiaanco Act. Defendant said he received one-third profit on all 6kins taJron on his property during the winter, j that poisoning in the winter spoilt I tho sjiins. He did not employ a rabbiter because it was cheaper to use tho .method now in "use. A fine of £lO was imposed, j G. B. Hickman, sued under the same Act, admitted taJcmg 9000 skins from a smaJl portion, of his land. The Magistrate, in imposing a fine of £lO, said the Act must be enforced, and he would not allow any one to ignore it. D. Danielson, for driving a vehicle at night without a. light, at Culverdcn, v/as fined 20s and costs. Judgment was given for plain till with costs in the following civil cases: —Dando v. Daniclson, 15a 3d; F. Dudley v. W. Widdowson, £27 3s: J. Cardwell v. —. Long, £7 15a 6d; W. Rutherford v. C. S. Hickman, £9B 13s 2d M. E. Moor v. Cr. E. 'Foster, £lB lis 6d. Damages eustfl.ir.ed in motor collision, Amur: Saleyards Co. v. AY. Long, £l6 17s 2d and possession of tenement; Amuri Countv Council v. C. S. Hickman, £l7 83 lOd. ' In a judgment summons case, P. Doherty was ordered to pay W. E. Irons £S 4s Gd at tho rate of Ss a. wek. LEESTO-Y. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowson, S.M.: Judgment was given for plaintiff default in Chapman Bros. v. Hazel Miner, claim £1 Is 3d, and Ellesmere County Council v. Edward Fell, claim £l9 Is 5d- _ W. Loughlin was ordered to pay the D.I.C. £1" 10s 9d forthwith, in default three weeks imprisonment.