THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19669, 12 July 1929, Page 8

THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. J i Thursday. (Before Mr E. C. Eevvey, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. For drunkenness James Burman was fined 20s and costs, i'or breach of his prohibition order he was convicted and discharged. William Brown was lined -0s and costs for drunkenness. CROSSING CASES. For attempting to drive cars over a railway crossing when the line not ciear, S. Kenton Bell and Ij. J- Hamilton were each fined £os and costs. i UNLICENSED WIRELESS SETS. For possessing wireless sets Walter Brockman. Arthur Kepple, and William Thomson -were each fined 5s and costs. UNREGISTERED SHOT-GUN. j, me3 Hatinan, for being in possession of an unregistered shot-gun, was ordered to pay costs and to forfeit the gun. THREE MONTHS' . IMPRISONMENT. Fdward Arthur Ryder, who appeared or. remand, pieaded not guilty to a charge of being an incorrigible rogue and lacking visible means of support. Police e'-'idence was to the effect that Ryer h?d been found asleep ir tile Acriimctisatica Society's gardens. He had no on him vlieu arrested. 3,\-der was tentencod to three mouths :edprisonment. NAME SUPPRESSED. / man, for irhom Mr E. S. Bcwis appeared, pleaded not guilty to a of stealing a pair of lady's shoes, valued at 3os 6d, the property of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Association, and guilt-" to a charge of drunkenness. Evidence was given that at 4.50 p.in. on Wednesday defendant went to the Farmers' Co-o*>. Association's shop and asked f—■ a pair of shoe;;. He was referred to the shov department, and was next discovered in the seed department, where he asked for paper with which to wrap up a pair of shoes. Th"ii he walked down the street. When overtaken he was found with one pair of shoes wrapped up and anotner pair unwrapped. The first pair had been paid for, but the second pair had not. He was taken back to the shop and the police were called, but the accused walked out of the shop before the police arrived. Eventually he was j causrht, and was found to be . very drunk. I Accused altered his plea to guilty to both j charges. On the charge of drunkenness he was flned 10s and costs, and on the charge of theft be -was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within three months. "I will order your name to be suppressed," eaid the Magistrate. "Don't make a fool of yourself again." CASE DISMISSED. Henry Cooper Smith (Mr H. D. Acland) proceeded against R. A. Brown {Mr E. S. Bowie), alleging that Broun had permitted j a bull to traspass on his land at Spreydon. In evidence, Smith said that his land was • well fenced, and the gate had been closed, i In the morning ho found that cattle had damaged his lawn, native shrubs, and vegetable garden. ' He put the cattle into a paddock and advertised ou or eight occasions, stating that unless the animals were claimed they would be sold by public auction. . The cattle were sold eventually. He found it difficult to assess the actual damage. To Mr Bowie: Witness had no idea to how the cattle got into the garden. After hearing further evidence, the Magistrate stated that the claim had failed, and the case, would be dismissed. j AT A COUNCIL MEETING. ' j

John Summervillo Jones, for whom Mr C. E. Purchase appeared, was charged with using obscene language. The police stated that Jones had gone to the City Council Chambers on May 27th. when the Council was sitting, and demanded admission. The Chief City Inspector informed him that the public gallery was full. Jones refused to leave, and the lan j referred to in the information. Leslie Hardie, Chief City Inspector, eaia that Sones had first enquired if a meeting was being held. Witness told him that the building was full, and as he was intoxicated, he was not in a lit state to enter in any ca-se. Jones used the language complsined of when told to leave, in the hearing of 30 or 40 people. Later Jones called on the. Mayor -(Mr J. "K. Archer) and apologised. The apology was accepted. Gordon Peek, City Inspector, said that Jones had asked the Mayor, when the latter came along, if he could put a Question to a councillor, and the Mayor replied that ho conld not question anybody. Jones was fined £3 and cost®. OBSCENE LANGUAGE.

Victor Ernest Docker? (Mr A. A. MeLachlan) pleaded gpiilty to a charge of using indecent language. The accused, said the police, ran into a cyclist with his motor-Tan. He palled up; there was sn argument, and then the language complained of was used th, fto eased. A charge of being intoxicated had been •WtadraWfl.. He hSd ' made gci«d the damage. Dockery "vrgs fined £2 and costs.

(Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) CIVIL JURISDICTION.

Judgment was given for the plaintiff by j default in each of the following cases: — Fuller Bros. v. O. M. Williams, £1 ss; Blackwell Motors, Ltd., v. S. J. Ryan, £l3 10s 2d; E. E. Caygill (liquidator of Oasis, Ltd.) v. John McDonald Guy and P. H. Labatt, £l9 14s 9d; D.-H. Brown and Son, Ltd., v. J. D. Stancombe, £47 4s 2d; James Dillon v. Jack Peffier, £5; W. E. Munday and Son, Ltd., v. Leslie Griffiths, £9 15s; New Zealand Breweries, Ltd., v. G. Ditford, £1 2s 9d; A. S. Nicholls v. P. Crump, £2 12s; Thomas Perry and Son. Ltd., v. D. Armstrong, £2O 0s 7d; Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd. (assignees) and Bishop and Co. (assignors) v. Bernard Spencer, costs only; Trade Auxiliary Co. of N.Z., Ltd., v. R. E. White, £1 15s lOd; Mason, Struthers and Co., Ltd., v. William Crichton, £2 2a 8d; Christchurch Gas, Coal, and Coke Co., Ltd., ▼. P. Butler, £63 4s 9d; M. E. Garland v. Herbert Yickery, £4; A. E. Anson, trading as P, J. Adsod, v. W.J. McAuley, £o 13s 6d; W. H. Tisdall, Ltd., v. H. A. Lee, £6; Peter Fergus Campbell v. J. Kean, £35; H W. Bullivant and Co. v. F. J. Barbarough, £1 13s 3d ;E. White-Edwards v. H. F. Anderson, £33 16s 6d; Royds Bros, and Kirk, Ltd., v F. V. Messert, jun., £l3 14s lOd; C. F. Cotter and Co. v. Charles Williams, £4 355; Benjamins, Ltd., v. P. C. Sherlock, £6 19s 6d; Alexander Fleming v. Carl B. Herforth. £l9; N. S. Anderson, trading as Builders' Timber Co., v. S. E. Crooke, £3 18s; Dr. G. Ussher v. H. M. Evans, 10s 6d; Dominion Fur Traders, Ltd., v. H. M. Evatis, £1 10s 6d; Ballili Bros., Ltd., v. A. G. Haynes, £2 6s; same v. H. A. Jones, £3 3s- same ▼. T. Thompson, £2 lis; same v. W. Wilson, £5 4s 6d; J. H. Wilton. Ltd., v. J. Malqueen, £25 Os lid; St. G. Atkinson and Co. v. W. C. Washington, £l9 4s 6cJ; Davis Gelatine, New Zealand, Ltd., v. Nonpariel Manufacturing Co., Ltd £ls-; Keadrick Gee Archer v. R. W. Walker. £- 12s 6d; Ballin Bros., Ltd., t. Mary Breanan, £43 3s. • JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. George Hardie was ordered to pay L. A. Waters the sum of £1 18s 6d forthwith, m default three days' imprisonment. S. Grainger was ordered to pay_ O. \ ra '& the sum of £8 18s Cd forthwith, in default ten days' imprisonment. DEFENDED CASE. Judgment for £lB 2s 5d with costs, less 214 paid into Court, was given in a in which F. F. Harvey (Mr J R. Hampton) claimed from Mrs Edith Crosby (Mr W. J. Sim) the sum of £22 2s M for papering done by the plaintiffs for the de fendant. ___