MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21391, 6 February 1935, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

TUESDAY (Before Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M.) CHARGES OF THEFT Vincent Carmine, aged 35 (Dr. A. L. Haslam), appeared for sentence on charges of stealing at Christchurch, on or about April 30, 1934, an electric heater valued at 255, the property of Elizabeth Watkinson; of stealing at Lyttelton on or about January 30, 1934, a motor-clock valued at £3, the property of Dominion Motors, Ltd., and of stealing at Christchurch on or about June 1, 1934, a towel valued at 2s 6d, the property of Kathleen Anderson. Accused was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called on within two years, and an order was made for the return of the goods to their owners. The magistrate said it was hard to understand why Carmine should have committed the offences. He had been educated at a good school, and had a good record with his employers. He was very doubtful whether he was doing his duty in adopting the course recommended by the probation officer. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Robert William Leeming/ aged 33, and Alexander Hamilton William Day, aged 24 (Mr F. D. Sargent), were charged with stealing at Whitecliffs, on or about November 5, 1934, a clock, 30 gramophone records, a pair of scissors, two bottles of wine, 10 tea spoons, 10 blankets, six tins of fruit, and a part bottle of whisky, of a total value of £l2, the property of Ernest Alfred Johnson. They elected to be tried by a jury, pleaded not guilty, and were committed to the Supreme Court for trial. Bail at £IOO, with one surety of £IOO, was allowed each accused. A charge against Day of stealing at Mount Hutt on or about December 17, 1934, a pocket knife valued at 2s a the property of Michael Brosnahan Poff, was dismissed.

CIVIL CASES (Beioie Mr H. A. Young, S.M.) JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT Judgment was given, for the plaintiff by default in each of the following cases:—Fred Walker v. Lazarus and Sidney Spargo, 7s; Booth, Macdonald and Company, Ltd., v. W. McAra, £1 17s 6d; James Reside v. Robert F. Campbell, £l9 ss; A. E. Marriott v. James Kircher, £9 8s 6d; Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., v. J. Denham, £3; Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, Ltd., v. Fraser and Jack, 12s; Mason, Struthers and Company, Ltd., v. Jack Shannon, costs only; same v. Mrs M. Spiers, 10s; Australian Temperance and General Mutual Life Assurance Society, Ltd., v. Michael Maher, £1 lis 9d; W. H. Simms and Sons, Ltd., v. E. D. Berry, £4 2s 2d; same v. R. C. Stanton, £3 15s 7d; same v. W. Reid, £l3 4s Id; H. C. Urlwin, Ltd., v. Charles Sims, £3 9s 8d; same v. Bert Venner, £ll Os 8d; Scott Bros., Ltd., v. H. J. Conway, £7 9s 6d; A. E. Nicholls v. T. Murphy, £l3 5s 2d; J. H. Thomas v. S. G. Maynard, £3 19s 6d; John Brightling, Ltd., v. Charles Hopwood Capes, trading as Christchurch Fruit and Produce Company, £l4 lis 6d; Direct Supply Milking Machine Company, Ltd., v. N. Hopwood, £7l 3s 3d; Canterbury Bye-Products Company, Ltd., v. E. M. Ellen, £5 0s 6d; same v. W. J. Ellen, £4 16s lOd; Armstrong and Springhall, Ltd., v. Mrs A. M. Gardner, £6; same v. Samuel Phcenix Briggs, £6 10s; same v. Angus E. Grubb, 6s 9d; Andrew Lees, Ltd., v. Robert Morris Meyer, £2 19s 4d; Booth, Macdonald and Company, Ltd., v. Duncan Stirling, 7s 6d; Slater, Sargent, and Connal v. Mrs Elizabeth McDonald, £22 Is lid; E. Ball v. C. Reed. £9 10s; Lewis Anderson v. Jack Fenton, £lO 10s 6d and order for possession; B. Hindle v. H. Lee, order for possession; Public Trustee, as executor of will of Annie Hunt, v. William Henry Castle and Mrs V. E. Castle, order for possession. JUDGMENT SUMMONS

R. Scott was ordered to pay A. Goslin the sum of £4 3s 6d forthwith, in default five days' imprisonment. ORDER FOR POSSESSION An order for possession of a tenement was made against Mrs F. Gaskell on the application of W. H. Downer. DEFENDED CASES John Herbert Keenan, plasterer, of Western terrace, claimed from Abraham Luke Adams, building contractor, of Armagh street (Mr C. V. Quigley), the sum of £l, the balance of an amount allegedly owing for labour and materials supplied. Judgment was given for the defendant, with costs. CLAIM SUCCEEDS Judgment was given for plaintiff for the full amount, with costs, in a case in which the Para Rubber Company, Ltd. (Mr A. H. Cavell), claimed from N. A. Tregear, cycle mechanic, of Waltham, £3 8s Id for rubber goods supplied. The defence was that the debt had been contracted by defendant's adult son without the defendant's permission.