THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. (TUESDAYO (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) Donald Bruce, aged 49 years, was fined £.l, the amount of his bail, in default 48 hours' imprisonment. UNLICENSED LAND AGENTS. Arthur Campbell,. 184 Ca&hel street (Mr A. H. Paterson), was charged with carrying on the business of a land agent without holding aliconsß, and with holding himself out as a land agent, he not holding a license. A plea of guilty was entered on the second charge, and the police offered no evidence on the first count. Mr Paterson submitted that , the offence was' a technical breacn of the law, as the defendant had considered himself entitled to carry on business under the license of a Dunedin firm. A fine of £5 and 7s costs was imposed. Humphrey Howard (Mr J. B. Batchelor) was charged that he held himself out as a land agent without ridding a license. Chief-Detective T Gibson said that the defendant had carried on business all the previous year without a license, but that be now held one. Mr Batchelor pointed out that it was a technical breach. The defendant had advertised his intention of applying for a license the previous year, but had somehow overlooked the date. The license fee of £lO had been paid for that year. Defendant was fined £ls and 7s cost, the fine including the unpaid license fee for the previous year. INCORRIGIBLE THIEF. Alfred Howard, a butcher, aged 33 years, appeared to answer six charges of stealing rugs, to the value of £2O ss. Accused, who was not represented by counsel, elected to .bo dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty. , " "This man cannot stop stealing," said the Chief-Detective, "he was before your Worship on June 3rd, when he was given fourteen days for stealing tools, and immediately he comes out he starts again." The rugs, the Chief-Deteotive continued, were Btolen from cars standing' on the streets and sold under fictitious names. The accused had nothing to say. "The accused has been convicted of theft ten times in twelve years," said the Magistrate, "and he has been sentenced to reformative detention and to short terms of imprisonment." The accused was sentenced to Bix months imprisonment on one charge, to be followed by one year and a half reformative detention. On the other counts, he was convicted and discharged. "THE ROLL-DOWNS." The hearing of the oases against Joseph Harlow and Herbert Robinson, who conduct the "Roll-down Parlour" in High street, was again adjourned, on this occasion until July 6th. , , Defendants were severally charged tnat they did keep a common gaming house, and did play, by way of gaming, within the view of passers-by in a. public place, a game or pretended game of chance. Mr W. F. Tracy appeared for the defendants, and Chief-Detective Gibson applied for the adjournment on behalf of the police. THAT ASSAULT CASE. The case in which Thomas Grace was charged' with unlawfully assaulting Luther Moore came before the Court once more for the re-hearing that had been granted. On the previouiß occasion Grace, who had not appeared, was sentenced to two months' B. Batchelor had applied for the re-bearing on the grounds that the summons was not served. On the day on which the complainant alleged that he served it, he met the defendant in Manchester street, held a piece of blue paper towards him, said: "Here is a bill for you," and pushed it ihto his waistcoat pocket. There had been trouble over rent for a house between the two, rent for which the defendant was not liable, and thinking the paper had to do with this matter, defendant ran after Moore and pushed it down his neck. Grace did not know that he had been served with a summons at all. The complainant intimated that he was going to summon the defendant for an isault he alleged had been committed when he had allegedly served the sumtnflPS. . , , ■II, Batchelor: And I intend laying an information against the complainant for assaulting my client. Thomas Grace, the defendant, gave evidence on the lines indicated by.counsel, and eaid that complainant hit him in the mouth

and ran into Holmes's Boardinghouse. Witness denied that Moore had:'read the summons to'him. ■ Moore was not prepared to carry on with the caae, bo. it was adjourned until Thursday. (Before Mr H. Y. Widdowßon, S.M.) THE CIVIL JURISDICTION. His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff by default in each of the following cases:— Munro and Hickinbottom v. A. Olson, £ll lis; N.Z. Farmers' Co-op., Ltd., v. A. D. Nicholls, 15s 6d; G. M. Truman and Co. v. J. 0. Bates, £7 18s 7d; G. TindalJ v. Robert Barr, £29; Turnbull .and Jones, Ltd., v. M. Goss, £l2 17s 6d; J. W. Thornton v. J. Harrison, £4 63; Fuller Bros. v. Mrs A. Williamson, £ - 21 12s - 8d; Robert H. Livingstone v. W. Burgess, £1 ss; J. Ballantyne and Co., Ltd., v. A. E. W. Clark, £l6 lis Gd; w. H. Simrns and Sons, Ltd., v. A. Dobson, £2 10a sd; same v. T. Duncan, £l4 Is lOd; Andrew Lees, Ltd., v. G. P. Smith, £3 "8s 8d; same v. W: T. Green, >l4s 6d; pownings, Ltd., v. J. Waddell, £3 17s 6d; C. S. Thomas v. I). Marriott, 15s; W. H. Tisdall, Ltd., v. W. J. Weaver, ills sd; N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. Association v. J Hilderband, £8 9a sd; Ba«cands, Ltd., v. A. Thompson, £3 7s; Chalklen and Simmonds v. S. H. Jones, £7 19s 9d; Hampton Bros. v. H. Coull, £2 2s 6d. MOTOR-CAR AND WOMAN. Mra Gladys May, of Sumner (Mr W. F. Tracy), sued ' Frank O'Halleron, hotel employee (Mr R.' Twyneham), for £25 4s, said to he the amount of damages incurred by the plaintiff through the negligence of O'Halleron in driving a motor-car in the vicinity of Sumner on October sth, 1925. Mrs. May had been run. down, by the car. Medical fees and" damages to clothes and shoes were shown in the statement °f claim ai £5 4s, and goneral damages as £2O. After hearing evidence, his Worship adjourned the case till Thursday. OXFORD. At the Oxford Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, Mr H. P. La wry, S.M., presided. For driving a motor-cycle without lights, Robert Marsh and William Eley were each fined 10s and costs, and for a similar offence j?inlay Smith was fined 20s and costs. Leslie Taylor pleaded guilty to the charge of using obscene language in a public place. He was fined £5. and costs, and on his own application a prohibition order was issued against him. For using threatening language and acting in a threatening manner, he was fined £1 and .costs. For damaging a gate, he was convicted and- fined £1 and costs, and ordered to make good the- damage. The case arose on June 2nd, when defendant was on the Lees Valley road, and under; the Influence of liquor. When requested to close the gates after him, he committed the offences with which he was charged. In the civil case, James Cook t. Leonard Young, judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, £3 2s lid, with Court costs £1 Bs.