THE COURTS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20037, 19 September 1930, Page 9

THE COURTS.

| ( MAGISTERIAL. fc THURSDAY. P fßofote Mr K. D. Mosley, 8.M.) I SENTENCED FOB THEFT. ' »,-»! Gordon Swaney, alias Don Swaney, ~; **%£ Sed for sentence on a charge &«* J^ P gCd» valued at 45 16s, the proiiTf J years, and ordered to make Pf'fttnSon of £3 "3 7d. f**" UNLAWFUL CONVERSION-. F* tfflllamForrester was charged with unW Y l ?,, -nnverting to his own use a biff; tfj.lned at jfio 10s. the property of fc'ferKanl 18 " J- O'Srady said the had been taken from oute.de an fe'««f e A CC ußed had ridden it for a day or *' it was later found outside a shop. 3r ri £S,«d tad said he meant to return the '• twister was fined £3 and costs, in deJutenrteen days' imprisonment with hard *gU r ' fourteen days were allowed to pay " fl ** M oK LICENSED PREMISES. «-. being on the licensed premises of the « Zeaander Hotel after hours Richard ' SJUrTwas fined 10a and costs. • *tt Dowlas Bell (Mr W.J. Stacey). -ff« leaser and Walter Harrison (Mr .T. ' Son) were eharged with being on the '52?.«» of the Heathcote Arms Hotel after 22. The charge against Harrison, who •JEua not guilty, waß dismissed. The {JSr two defendants were both fined 20s .■. "Lmwd Austin was fined 20s and costs X*Htaf on the premises of the ><ew Rail*L Hotel after hours. ~ TO FINED 31. * •»«. easting offensive matter in, a public ' J£ Edmund John O'Malley was fined 20s '•■J eosts. in default three days' imprison- ''?'*'•" LINK NOT CLEAR. janes Stafford was charged with ate law So* to P ass over * crossing when ■ Jw ll«» was not clear. J. J. O'Grady said that the <-£s2£ Sam Dunedin had hit, the-, defend--. v£B*ait at the crossing about three-quar-'iffil «f • mile on the ChristcKurch side of ' SSnndel Defendant had been slightly. ' SSS-and was taken into Christchurch in ffirSoxeM. It was a foggy night, and SrfSVand the engine driver had blown ! on seeing the car approaching, ir w defendant had taken no notice. Thi fjltfStuM he bad stopped his car, got *2ti»d looked both ways along tho line, , rSa'o* seeing a train had driven on, but •'zSLnmA Us engine on the line. • *ff J HHlf who appeared for Stafford ■ ..S that the crossing was a particularly bad approaching from the. east. There «a a plantation, making visibility bad. >2lht nilM of the accident there was sno\v *iK' Defendant had got out of hie tff Md looked up and down the line, but Lp Sprees was then at the Dunsandcl ''£s&» he made the fatal mistake,'' con•Li Mr Hill. "Hejyent back to the car Sdflßed hi* P»Pe before starting. He got 'Stotho crossing at the Fame time as X «r,>"«. » nd the last psrt ol hls car wa? ' was fined 32 and costs. '".COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE. f, sJer Ge««oi a S ed 28 (M 5 A lf her> - 'j£Sd guilty to a charge of indecently w fffle Supreme Court for sentence. Bail !la allowed in self £IOO and one surety of &*££■•* to report daily *° th " POU T " DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR. ' ikAnH Mcxandor, Cecil Bank, Leslie ;<£&ews, Harold Pattison, and Rod'SrWaltho were chargod with disorderly "•SffiS Pattison and Lewia were further Egid with throwing stones to the dangor SsTrailway notice bo*rd. All pleaded Jnbh to tho first charge, and Pattison and not guilty to their, eocond

*jß&r.Sorgeant J. J. O'Gridy stated that dudhnoe had been committed u«»r the railway station. 'There had been iS& trouble caused near tha railway stahJa j) that district, through youths suon 'ialiklM congregating; insulators had been ma the Railway Department had leeilfai to considerable trouble in repairs, 'fin 'Accused had been found by the conSajiSihoutinK and making _a disturbance jSatiPy, following a complaint tnat thoy tflKo* throwing stones. „ was riven by Constables McKay gjfiHnrorth, who had caught the accused, ■ SaMpeorge John Brice, locomotive lorowafEfib- stated" thht insulator* which-had. SMPperfect order i.he day before were Efletu b« VKrokeij whetf-JiSipined- i t'boHEorn£ttgi : *■ A' local' re'sid^iV*Waited; 'thftfe; WRSi seen some youths throwing stones 'railway notice-board, and. had .tele* MBed a railway official' about the matter^, P> Magistrate said that though it was Im proved that the accused had done any Hcoage on this occasion, there waa no gnbt that they had been responsible for image to Government property. Baoh of thn accused was fined £3 and §§*• in default seven "days' imprisonment. Inru and Pattison were convicted and disIwged on the charge of throwing stones. CIVIL CASES, r • (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) lifodgmept for the plaintiff by default was {Mb in the following cases:—W. Strange j«/ Co., Ltd., vA J( H. Clinton, £2O Ub 35oms -Bros., Ltd., v. Charles Edward antofrMarkham, £2 18s 8d; David S. and Son. Ltd.. v. K. S.- Manning, tjjjj," New | Zealand Farmers'*' Co-operative BuUtion of Canterbury, Ltd., v. J. Clem- ■ Spiff 4s lid; F. E. Longdin v. Charles ijaSnimti; £3 12® 6d: Maasay-Harris Co., Sfi&v.H. A. Corner, £3l lis 2d, Lewisham ggjMtal v. Harold Elliott, £4 16s; John failing, Ltd., v. Samuel Jones, £3 B»; Biw Xeea,. Ltd., ▼.* P Williamson, £2 Ijffifihriatchurch City Council v. David Him!Neil, £1 18a 8d; Commissioner of |BV.' Albert William Cornwall, 4s lid; UKKsposat' Co. v. Cyril Griffiths Cullen, H&MThristchlirch Press Company, Ltd., v. KBpif«Tr Cottrell, £5 15s; Christchurch v. Mrs Isabella Cartmer MoulKf£6 14s fid; tame v. William Gordon Mil.pi- jnA ga 0d; same v. William 3d; same v. Thomas. Goodall, HWi[ same v. George Reginald Martin, HKTs: 2d; same v. Joseph. William Atha Uttr,-coots pnly; same v. Samuel William Bflgland Mary Agnes Kelly,' £7 Is Id; HH&V. William Robert Godfrey. £B2 *3® KjjMne v. Tom Basset t McClarg, £lB Eg; lame v. Alfred William Orange, £2l ifi-ifune v. Elizabeth Kate Trudgeon, ■W 8d; F. W. Bolt y. A. Smith, £23 Sfift'tt.' L. Reed v A. Berry, £2 8s 6d; EMM. John € B Cheney, £7 7a;lnteriKgfatL'Harvester Company of N.Z., Ltd., wßli'Chogav £l9 lSe 2d; Thomas H?nry Bmnw bxu) Wilfred At heistane White v. HKilfaUser, S3 2s; Trade Auxiliary ComMm, N.Z., Ltd., v. W. J. Prouse, £5 WMt W. J. Scott * and Co., Ltd., v. lljjllEder, £1 14s; Inga Cuba Watson v. and Thomas Charles Hobbs, ■■(PBUwoad and Son v. Mrs Anmmm ft; E. S. Parish v. T. T» PUce*, iffIiIuDQMENT SUMMONSES.' HHpSsiPegley was -ordered .to pay "the Mailt Mortgage and, Agency Company BKEsls«aland, Ltd., the snm of £27 186 default 80 /lays'- imprison3{|||uwW Malloch. ordared to. par ffl®j&«fhaw the suta t>f £l 83 6d forth-. MKm>'default three days' imprisonment. BBtolf AND COUNTER-CLAIM. Hffiftt MoKsnale,* grocer, of New BrigbHH'.W. F. Traisy), claimed from George HnKfiCQae trainer,»of New Brighton (Mr SNKgWiutell}, the sum of £2BB 19s Bd, alMKw-' ba for money advanced from time ■s§»* 'Defendant ' admitted - £204 8s 2d, BEWR>nt«d the' balance. He counterjßiP'for the sum of £259 6s 9d, alleged to Hffip fees, a percentage of the moneys received by plaintiff pay-' ■K^fendant. BMBKwiaence had been heard all day; HHKrvaa adjourned until Wednesday.