THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. TUESDAY. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) MAINTENANCE ARREARS. William Henry Hudson admitted being £46 5s in arrears with maintenance, all but £lO of which was remitted by the consent of the applicant. He was convicted for being £lO in arrears, an<' sentenced to one month's imprisonment, to be released on payment of £lO. The warrant is to be suspended for fourteen days. SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. Sydney Hall, aged 35, hailing from England, was found without lawful excuse, but in circumstances which did not disclose his intention, on the premises of the Britannia Private Hotel. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within three months. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, ■ S.M.) C/VIL JURISDICTION. Judgment was given for plaintiffs by default in the following cases: —E. Prebble v. 11. Jarden, £23 10s lOd; W. H. Simms and Sons, Ltd., v. H.' T. Salter, £SO; B. O. Priddis v. George Baker, £3 ss; J. H. Macdonald v. Robert Stuckey, £3 15s; J. Rattray and Son, Ltd., v. H. R. Davidson, £4 4s sd; Rodger Importing Co. v. W. J. Woollett, £l2 12s 4d; Bristol Piano Co., Ltd., v. John Chambers, £1 ss; D. Baird v. C. Davidson, £2; K. V. Washington v. C. C. Threkeld, £4 5s 9d; Henry Cuthbertson v. Percival Smith, 9s; Radley and Frampton v. G, H. Harris, £7 5s 6d; Booth, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., v. J. Wickliffe, £3 10s; Home Supply Co., Ltd., v. M. Reardon, £1 ss; same v. J. P. Guillemot, £27 3e9d; same v. \V. E. Goodall, £l3 7s fid; same v. P. Brooke, £6 12s; Goodrich Silvertown Tires v. T. H. Watts and A. (}. Chidgey, £l2 0s 3d; H. Pannell and Co. v. T. Shadbolt, £3 4s; Turnbull and Jones, Ltd., v. C. Owens, £5; Supply Stores v. H. Stewart, £3 5s 4d; Home Supply Co., Ltd., v M Williams, £lO 9s 6d; same,v. Alice Mav Galland, £l4 13s 6d; same v. S. Hattersley, £9 8s; same v. P. Hallidone, £8 ss. DEPENDED CASE. J. G. Clarke, engine-driver, Christchurch (Mr Smith), claimed from G. Smith the sum of £4 15s, allegedly for rent due to plaintiff by defendant of a dwellinghouse at Smith street, Heathcote Valley. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the full amount less the sum of £2 paid into Court.