SUPREME COURT.

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SUPREME COURT.

. « TUESDAY. t Bel ore Lis Honour Mr Justice Oilier) ; v IN DIYOKCE. <jueonie Florence Unice Astle, o£ Dunedin (Mr A. 11. Cavoll), ivho petitioned for divorce from Alfred William Ruff Astle. of Auckland, T.-HS granted a decree nisi to be rondo absolute after three months. j I MAGISTRATE'S COURT. ißefove Mr L. D. Mosli-y, .-.M-' 4LLKGFD TIIKFT BY INSURANCL AGKNT. William Alfred Sandman, of Groymouth, aii insurance agent, aged 37 years, was charged with the theft of £32 15s lid at Greymoutb tho property of the Australasian Temperunco and General Mutual Assurance Society, Ltd. Mr R. Twyueham appeared for accused and stated that a sua of £3BO to £390 would be involved actually. A remand to Greyuiouth for December 16th was granted, bail being allowed in self £2OO and one surely of £2OO. APPEARANCE FOR SENTENCE. Mervyn A'uldimer Bevgrcn. a labourer, aged 23, at present serving a sentence of four years' reformative detention, appeared for sentence on three charges of theft and two charges 01" unlawfully converting motorcars to his own use. He was convicted aud dipchnvged on each count. SHOPLIFTER FIXED. Annie McNair, aged 46 (Mr K. Tivyuehuiu), pleaded not guilty to charges of tho theft of a scarf valued at 4s Od, and a lady's hat valued at 17s 6d, both the property of Hay's, Limited. Accused was convicted on each charge and fined £1 and costs, in default seven days' imprisonment with hard labour on the first charge, and on the second charge, £2 and costs, iu default 14 days' imprisonment with hard labour. CHARGE OF THEFT. Lavina Donovan (Mr W. F. Tracy) was remanded until to-morrow on a charge of stealing goods valued at 4s 6d from the Now Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd. It whs intimated that, there would bo other charges preferred against her. (Beforo Mr 11. P. Lawry, S.M.) ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A r.oman. aged 36 (Mr W. R. Lascelles). pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to commit suicide on December 7th. Sub-Inspector G. B. Edwards said that ns a result of a disagreement with her husband, the woman had attempted to commit suicide by gas poisoning. Tho accused was convicted and ordered to coino up for sentence if called upon within twelve months. (Before Mr 11. A. Young, S.M.) CIVIL JURISDICTION. Judgment for plaintiff by default was; given in each of tho following cases: — Ashby, Bergh and Co., Ltd., v. C. Clelucnts, £l9 7s ad; Para Rubber Co.. Ltd., v. K. L. Wright. £3 13s lOd; Heathcote County Council v. Henry Thomas Mufrson and Francis Duncan Muirson, £i. 14s 9d; A. 11. Turnbull and Co., Ltd.. v. E. Harris and 0. Harris, £4 lis 8d; Maiiug and Co., Ltd., v. T. J. Moloney, £0 10s 4d: Ta.vlor's. Ltd., v. E. Kearney, £l2 14s Cd; R. and E. Tiugey nnd Co.. Ltd., v. 11. S'. Papps, £1 3s Od; S. Massetti v. Duncan McAlpiue and Mrs Mabel McAlpiue, £9 14s 9d; Mason. Struthors and Co., Ltd., v. 11. Isaacs, 6s; Petersen's, Ltd.. v. R. B. Sv.-unn, £l 10s; R. Edwards v. T. Taylor, £0; Mrs D. J. Carll v. H. W. P. Hills, £2 Is 8d; James Carter and Sons, Ltd., v. A. McAlpiue, £1 16s: T. M. Beadle, carrying on business as the Beadle Welding and L'ugincoviiig Co., v. S. A. Chidpey, 18s 3d; Jesse M'tiittaker itnd Alice Whittaker,

ij. sua a. " hittaker, t. Alfred Rhode?, £37 10s. CLAIM FOR GOODS SUPPLIED. V. Alborn. of Ricearton, a coal merchant O.lr V. W. Johnston), claimed from AVilliam Henry Williamson, contractor, William '. Nicholls, public accountant, and William Llewellvn Thomas, company secretary (Mr P. D. H.ifl), tho sum of £l9 12s for goods allegedly sold and delivered to the defendant at" the premises known as Frascati, Cashel 6treet. The question at issue was whether the goods had been supplied to the former proprietor who had assigned his assets to the defendants, or to the defendants. The plaintiff contended that the goods were supplied to the defendants and not to the assignor. The defence was that the assignees -were not personally responsible for the goods, and they had tendered in payment the a of dividend £l2 4s. which the assigned assets realised. The plaintiff accepted this payment on account and sued for the balance. The Magistrate held that the defendants were personally responsible. Judgment was given for plaintiff ic-r £7 8s and cos^s. (Before Mr H. P. La-wry, S.H.) CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. T. >[. Beadle, of Christcaurch, an engineer, carrying on business as tho Beadl» Welding and Engineering Go. (Mr M. J. Burns), claimed from Garside Penfold and Co., Ltd., of Cliristchurch, engineers (Mr J. .\. Wicks), the aura of i-'-S 34a j'd. *& dumaji'i for the alleged negligence of the defendant in machining a cyclinder block. Judgment was giTCn for the plaintiff for £lO and costa.