THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19726, 17 September 1929, Page 5

THE COURTS.

SUPREME COURT. MONDAY. (Before his Honour ilr Justice Kennedy.) FAMILY PROTECTION ACT. His Honour Mr Justice Kennedy gave his reserved judgment in the case of £\ora Louisa laylor against Ernest Hmedley Taylor and others. The case concerned an application for further provision under the Family Protection Act, 1306. The testator left an annuity to ma widow and the rest of his estate to hia son, now an infant. His Honour's judgment stated that the testator had a morai duty to provide for his son as well as for his widow, but the prevision made for the widow was inadequate for her maintenanc« and support, and further provision could be made for her without unduly trenching upon the provision made lor the son. Further provision should accordingly be made for her, and the only question was what form it should take and what further amount it was proper to order to be provided for her maintenance. . . . The circumstances obtaining might make it l<roper at some subsequent date to discharge, vary, or susnend the order which was to t>e made, or to make some other order (and in particular if the son was not resident in hia mother's home), and accordingly liberty would be reserved to all parties to apply. The following order would be made: The widow's annuity would be increased as from the date of the order to £4OO, free of all duties, until her death or re-mar-riage, whichever event first happened, or until such earlier date as the Court otherwise ordered. The annuity of £4OO should bo charged upon the capital and income of the whole estate until a part of the testator's estate was especially appropriated to meet the annuity. Liberty wou'd be reserved to all parties to apply, and the costs of the plaintiff would be fixed at 20 guineas and disbursements and the defendants' costs at 15 guineas and disbursements, to be paid out of the residuary estate. Mr E. W. White appeared for the plaintiff and Mr W. K. LasceHes for the defendants. MAGISTERIAL. MONDAY. (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) TRAFFIC CASES. For irregular parking, John C. Bradshaw, Mrs M. M. Maodonald, Charles L. Martin, and Hugh O'Connor were each fined 10a and costs. Thomas Swarbrick was ordered to pay coats. . A fine of 20s and oo«t3 on charges ot exceeding the time limit when parking was imposed on Albert C. Aldridge, Joseph R. Gaekin, Tracey Gough, James G. Hanafin, Frank John Lackner, Miss Kathleen More, and Edward Prince. On similar chargss, Hugh O'Connor was fined 10s and costs and Wilfred Gordon Wright 10s and costs on each of two offences. For cutting traffic domes, the following were each fined 20s and costs: Lionel E. Cocke, Moul Gigson, Roger Gould, and Thomas Leithead. C. S. Orchard was fined 10s and costs, and Bruce Nesbit, Mrs Mabel Oeborn, and Dudley Pollard were ordered to pay costs only. Charged with failing to stop at a compui sory railway notice, Dr. John W. Crawshaw, Albert Shaw George B. Cumming, William Miller, John Hector Munro, Douglas W. Smith, Henry L. Squire, and Benjamin Waller were convicted and ordered to pay costs. For not having licenses to drive, the Rev. E. C. Cro3se, Charles E. Livingstone, and Frederick C. Wooler were each fined 20s and costs. On a similar charge, John Hector Munro was fined 10s and costs.

For driving at an excessive speed, Ralph Beadel, Leslie Calvert, and Nelson Turner were each fined £3 and costs.

For not having the necessary license for their motor-lorries, William A. Habgood was fined £3 and costs and Thomas and Dalliel were fined 20s and costs.

Shirley Dougall was fined 30a and coats for cycling on a footpath. Edward C. Brittenden, for riding a bicycle in a manner dangerous to the public, was convicted and ordered to pay costs only. Walter L. Short was ordered to pay coete on a charge of overloading a taxi-cab. For having an inefficient silencer, Joseph Robert Clark was fined 10s and costs; Henry H. Homes was fined £2 and costs for having a noisy exhaust. Walter Bacon and Ernest William Kerr, charged with not having adequate lighting, were each fined 10s and costs.

William A. Habgood was fined 20s and ooeis for 1 having an expired disc on a motorIcrry. ... William N Wills, charged with cutting a corner and with parking irregularly, #aa fined 10s and costs on each count. (Before Mr H. P. Lawry. S.M.) MAINTENANCE CASES. William George Guy, for disobedience of a maintenance order, was sentenced to one months' imprisonment, warrant to be suspended so long as he pays 5s per week off the arrears. Adolphus James Hodge was convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment warrant to be suspended so long as he pays 5s a week off the arrears, in addition to current maintenance. Redvers Mewton was convicted and fined 30s and costs for disobedience of a maintenance order. , Roderick McLennan was convicted and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for disobedience of a maintenance order, warrant to be suspended so long as he pays 7s 6d a week off the arrears, as well as the amount of the current order. _ Clement Alex. Steven, for disobedience of a maintenance order, was convicted and fined £2. James Daniels, on a similar charge, was convicted and ordered to pay costs. KAIAPOI. (Before Mr J. H. Blackwell, J.P.) Cecil Arthur Hensley. charged with the theft of an overcoat, hat, and scarf, valued at £4 12s, the property of A. W. Crozier, was remanded to appear on September 25th. Bail was allowed, self in £IOO and one surety of £IOO.