MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20881, 14 June 1933, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TUESDAY. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) GOLD BUYER FINED. Thomas Hornsby, a coined gold dealer (Mr A. B. Hobbs), pleaded guilty to two charges of failing to keep a register for the sale of gold coins as required by the Coined Gold Regulations and to one charge of carrying on business at 686 Colombo street without a second-hand dealer's license. Detective-Sergeant E. F. O'Brien said the defendant had kept his books in a very careless manner, and although he was charged in respect of two breaches only, there were numerous entries which did not comply with the requirements of the regulations. The defendant did not apparently realise his responsibilities. Defendant had been convicted on three occasions for offences in the conduct of his busibusiness.

Mr Hobbs said that although some details required by the .act were lacking, all the requirements of the act could be obtained, and no great harm could arise. There had not been any flagrant breach of the regulations. On each of the first two charges a fine of £5 and costs was imposed. On the other charge, which the Magistrate said arose from a technical offence, Hornsby was fined 10s and costs. THEFT. Kenneth Joyce Murray, a labourer, aged 21, pleaded guilty to the theft of £l, the property of Margaret Veronica Barry. He was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months. He was also ordered to make restitution as ordered by the probation officer. Detective-Sergeant E. F. O'Brien said that the accused had been lodging with the complainant and had stolen the money from a purse. The accused had not been in trouble before. CIVIL CASES. (Before Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) Judgment for the plaintiff by default was given in each of the following cases: —Graham, Wilson, and Smellie. Ltd., v. P. McGirr, £5 16s 6d; Andrews and Beaven, Ltd., v. E. Healam and T. Moore, £23 5s against T. Moore only; Lane, Walker, Rudkin, Ltd., v. A. J. Moran, £ll ss; Beath and Co., Ltd., v. J. E. Loader, £6 5s Id; A. Swanston, Ltd., v. G. Carrington, £5 17s lid; General Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd., v. Albert S. Goodhind, £6 16s 4d; Hope, Gibbons, Ltd., v. Silver Radio Co., £3B 6s 2d; Park, Davis and Co., Ltd., v. Mrs J. Hahn, £6 8s 2d; H. Robinson v. Mrs Lottie E. Chapman, £2 3s 3d; G. McClatchie and Co., Ltd., v. Alice Donnell, £l7 5s 3d. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. S. Fitzsimmons was- ordered to pay the Amalgamated Engineering and Allied Trades Industrial Union of Workers £3 7s forthwith, in default four days' imprisonment. W. Bettel was ordered to pay Robert Heaton Livingstone and Melvin Johnston Burns, practising as Livingstone and Burns, £5 13s forthwith, in default seven days' imprisonment. K. Hammond was ordered to pay James Young and Percy Young, trading as Young Bros., £8 6s 3d forthwith, in default 10 days' imprisonment.

TRAFFIC INSPECTOR IN COLLISION.

A claim against Herbert Macintosh, chief traffic inspector, was made by G. Sharman for the sum of £1 10s 3d. It was alleged that the defendant had backed his car into the plaintiff's motor-cycle and caused damage to it to the amount claimed. The plaintiff appeared in person, and the defendant was represented by Mr R. J. Loughnan. Judgment was given for plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs.

Evidence was given by the plaintiff to the effect that he had parked his motor-cycle three feet behind the defendant's car outside the club-house of the Brighton Power Boat Club. The plaintiff returned to his machine a few minutes after the defendant had left and found it damaged. The damage appeared to have been caused by a car backing into the machine. The plaintiff interviewed the defendant, who said that when he left he had backed his car, but did not remember hitting the motor-cycle. He offered to pay half the amount of the damage on that occasion and later offered to pay two-thirds of the damage, but when the plaintiff sent defendant the accounts the latter returned them and denied liability. The defence submitted that the damage had been caused before the defendant left the club-house, and it was denied that the defendant had driven his car into the motor-cycle. In giving judgment the Magistrate said that he was satisfied that the defendant's car had hit the motor-cycle, although the defendant probably did not realise at the time that it had done so. (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) CLAIM BY DENTIST. Selwyn East, dental surgeon (Mr G. S. Branthwaite), claimed from Sarah E. B. Harrison, married woman (Mr W. R. Lascelles), the sum of £l4 14s allegedly due and owing for work done and materials supplied in making and fitting a pair of dentures. The defence alleged that the dentures were inefficient. Judgment was reserved.