THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

MAGISTERIAL. THURSDAY. (Before Mr E. C. Lftvvry, S.M.J DRUNKENNESS. A fir,?t offender for drunkennoss was ordered to pay 7s 6d expenses, in default 21 hours' imprisonment. Charles Woodward, appearing on remand on a charge of drunkenness, was committed at bis own request to Rotoroa IslaDd for a pei'iod of two years. i; t:KOi;MATIYE T:JEATMEXT. Alfred James Luxon pleaded guilty to a charge of being a rogue and a vagabond in that, he endeavoured to impose on a private individual by a false representation with a view to obtaining money. He was convicted and ordered to be detained for reformative treatment for 18 months. DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR. Phoebe Malzard, for drunkenness, »'j b convicted and discharged, and for disorderly behaviour in Armagh street was fined 20s. in default three days' imprisonment. Peter Hansen, for behaving in a disorderly manner in Armagh street, was fined 20s and costs, and for using obscene language was fined 20s and costs, in default three days' imprisonment, . EIGHT CHARGES. Randall James Ferguson, 17 years of age, appeared on eight charges of theft of goods of a total value of £2l 0s 6d. On one charge he was convicted and ordered to be detained at Weraroa Training Farm. He tras convicted and discharged on the other counts, the goods to be returned to the owners. CHARGES WITHDRAWN. No evidence was offered by the Police in cases in which David Percival Mahoney (Mr E. S. Bowie) and Raymond Allan Clark (Mr A. A. SlcLachlan) were charged with the theft of a watch, valued at £2 10s, the property of John Lucy. The charges were withdrawn. TWO YEARS' PROBATION. A youth of 17 years of age, whose name ■was asked to be suppressed, was admitted to probation for two years on a charge of the theft of 10s 6d in money. A satisfactory report was received from the Probation Officer. REMANDED. Ernest Cleary and Mary Cleary, alias Polly Walsh, alias Minnie Walsh, alias Mary Hamilton, of 15 Truro street, appeared each to answer three charges. Each was charged with being an incorrigible rogue, . having previously been convicted of being a rogue and a vagabond, and with habitually consorting with persons of ill repute. Ernest Cleary was also charged with permitting his premises to be used for illegal purposes, while Mary Cleary was charged with assisting fta the management of the house. The accused were remanded to October Ist, bail at £SO and one surety of £SO being granted on the application of Mr E. S. Bowie, who appeared for them. CLAIM FOR COMMISSION. Robert Sandell Saunders, of Christchurch, solicitor (Mr H. Y. Widdowson), claimed from Wallace Malcolm and Frances Malcolm, of Timaru (Mr A. J. Malley), the snm of £32 10s for work done by the plaintiff as a commission agent, fcs Speirs, Saunders, and Co., in respect of defendants' house property situated at Springfield road, St. Albans, of which property the plaintiff effected the sale for the defendants on August 22nd, 3 923, «nd arranged the first and second mortgages stipulated by the purchaser. The sum of £ll 13s 5d was also claimed as interest. The defendants counter-claimed from the plaintiff the sum of £lB 2 s 3d, allegedly damages sustained by the defendants _ owing to the delay on the part of the plaintiff in completing the purchase of the property. Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £37 10s and costs on the original claim, and also for the defendants on the counterclaim. Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) CIVIL CASES. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following undefended cases: A. J. White, Ltd., v. u 7 . E. Moody, 17s 3d; J. Ballantyne and Co., Ltd., v. E. Darling, £2 4s 2d; E. Reece, Ltd., v. E. G. Belsted, £1 lis; Y>\ Cooke and Co. v. E. A. SlcKenzie. £2l 0s 10d: Mason, Struthers and Co., Ltd., v. J. H. .Clinton, £7 13a 3d; Samuel J. Williams v. Harry Isherwood, £a 2s 2d: Raymond Gibson v. F. O. Hay. £2l ss; Turnbull and Jones, Ltd., v. D. Cotton, £1 4s; The Christcliurcli City Council v. W. Collender, £l7 10s; F. D. ICesteven v. M. AY. Baker, £3; Christ-church Press Co., Ltd., v. Alan R. McCal'lum, £2 | 5s 6d; Bell Cycle and Motor Co., Ltd., v. K. W. Dawson, £1 6s 6d; the National Motors, Ltd., v. James Murch, £4 6s sa; H J. Turner v. L. Austin, £5 17s: Mating and Co., Ltd., v. W. P Baker. £ls 7s Sti; same v. William Edge and A. Soal, £2l 10s 8d; same v William ITibbs, £1 19s; same v J. Cough, £2 9s 2d; same v. H. McFherson, £ll 143 6d; same v. A. B. Ornirod. £lB 6s 2d; same v. S. Stevens, £5 4a 7d; H. W. Atack v. J. W. Sol wood, £2 12s 6d; Horace Taigcl v S. E. C'rooke, £10; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., v. A E. Pannel!. £»> 8s 9d; International Harvester Co. o£ X.Z., Ltd., v. 1. L. Newman, £27 0s 8d: A. J. White, Ltd. v. A. R. Brirnbie, £1 15s 6rt. L. L. Boot was ordered to pay the >ew Zealand Lace Co., Ltd., the sum of £S 5s forthwith, in default nine days imprisonment. BANKRUPT'S MONEY. John Burns and Co., Ltd (Mr L. W. Gee), claimed £-53 19s 3d rrom A. \ Wbitta, tobacconist, Christchurch, and from tne Official Assignee of the property ot Bernard Rennell, trading as Runnel! builders and contractors, of Christchurch Mr \ "VT Brown appeared. lor the L/mcial Assignee and Mr H. J. Goodman appeared on behalf of WhUta. Plaintiff's claim was lodged under Put in of the Wttgee Protection and Con-i

tractors' Lions Act, 1908. to recover from Whitta tUe sum for work done and goods , supplied in connexion with the ouildin? | contract in respect, of Whitta s shops in ■ Armagh street. The work wu done bv Ker ; Tlell Bros., of Cbristcrnireh, builders and j contractors, who since theii have been de- j clared bankrupt. { Eridsnoe was thu! til's plaintiff rompartj ; had accepted Rennell Bros.' credit for years on the understanding that tbey obtained all hardware from J. Burns and Co., Ltd. The case vas merelv to decide whether the money—admittedly owin? —should oe handed to the Assignee to be distributed anions Eennell'B creditors ot whether it vas to be paid (o Burns and Co., Mr Goodman stating on behalf of "Whitta that l.e had th« money waiting to be paid over to whomsoever "t- shoukt co. Tint was what the Court was to decide. ; The Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff tor the full amount claimed. CLAIM AND COUNTER-CLAIM. S. A. MacDoiisall and Co., of Christchurch, printers (Mr W. F. Tracv), claimed from H- E. Roskilley and Co., manufacturers (Mr K. G Archer), the »um of £ls lis printed 'matter supplied to the defendant) A counter-claim was mad2 by the defendant for the sum of £2O as a rebate on other j printing; work, the cost c,f which the de- I fendant alleged to be excessive. The original claim was not- disputed. On the counter-claim, judgment was given -'or j llcDougall and Co. RABBITER'S CLAIM. James Middleton, raObiter, of Waipara (Mr j E. S. Bowie), claimed from Sir George j Clifford, sheepfariner, of Christchurch (Mr [ K. J. Loushnan), the eum of £l3l ss. j The statement of claim said that that I amount was due to him upon a contract lor I rabbiting- carried o#t on defendant's farm ! at Stonyhurst, between July 18tli, 1927, and February 7th, 1923. Judgment was given for defendant with J costs. ' ]