MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22712, 17 May 1939, Page 16

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

TUESDAY Ilßefore Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) BREACH OF LICENCE Alfred Wilioughby, of Victoria street, charged with a breach of a second-hand dealer's licence in that he: failed to retain goods for one month before selling them, was ordered to pay costs. Willoughby. wHo did not appear, pleaded guilty. The Magistrate commented. however, that he could see more than a sound argument against the police case. • TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS The following penalties with orders to-pay costs except where otherwise stated, were ordered for breaches of thf traffic regulations in cases brought by the Christchurch 'City Council, Parking in prohibited area—Arthur H.-Cavell. 10s. Exceeding speed limit—Herbert B&ker. £2; Irvine Downer. £3. Cycling without light—William Robert Bullot, ss. Failing to give signal—Gordon Clark, £l. passing stationary tram—Reginald H." Davies, 10s: Sydney W. G. Boivin, £l. Cycling more than two abreast— Maxwell Evans, ss. No warrant of fitness—Augustus Florence. 10s; Cyril Ronald Rains. 10s; James Lamb, costs only; Percy T. Mathews, ss; Wesley P. Stevens, ss. Speeding over intersection—Rollo Inkster, £2. No driving licence—Maurice William Lock, ss; James Lamb, costs only. Leaving cycle on footpath—Arthur J. Telford, ss. Cutting corner—Cecil Campbell, costs only. Obstructing fire plug—Bernard J. Montague. £l. Driving at dangerous speed— Geoffrey McEverdy, £5; Ralph C. Roilo, £3. Failing to comply with direction lines at corner—Henry McGavock, £1 Insufficient brakes —Augustus Florence, £l. Parking over time limit—Basil C. Gibbons. 10s: Alfred E. Smith, 10s; Kenneth I. Armour, 10s; Graham Bennett. £1; Albert Geissler, 10s: Stuart P. Godfrey, £1; Gibert Haverfield, 10s; Colin Hyslop, 10s; Jeff D. Jeffries, £2; Muriel Scott, £1; John K. Wellsford, 10s; Lawrence Whittington, £1; Henry G. Livingstone, £l. For counselling an offence in that he allowed an unlicensed driver to use his car, George A. Boot was fined 5s and ordered to pay costs. The following cases were brought by the Transport Department:— Driving without due care and attention; Edgar Cecil Bovck, £2; Harold Mauger. £2; William Miller, £1; Frank Royle Lamb, costs only. No warrant of fitness: Robert Ferguson Campbell. ss: Roland Fleming, costs only, No footrest: Frederick Cox. 10s; Maxwell Farrell, 10s; Norman Ross Stow ss. Speeding: Bernard Savill. £3: William Arthur Hnbgood. 10s: Alphonsus William Wheeler. £1; Alistair Laugeson, £2; Roland Fleming. £2, Failed to give way: Bernard William Roberts, £l. No driving licence: Thomas Stokes, ss. Insufficient lights on motor-cycle: Thomas Stokes, £l. CIVIL CASES ißefore Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) JUDGMENTS BY DEFAULT Judgment by default for plaintiff was given'in each’of the following cases:— Eric Dash v. E. L. Hampton, £3 9s 6d: Bishop and Company. Ltd., v. H. S. Smith, £2 2s 9d; G. McClatchie and Company, Ltd., v, O. Archer, £2 2s 9d; D.1.C.. Ltd., v. F. Jacomb, £1 Is 2d; Lamb and Hayward. Ltd., v. Maurice Driscoll. £9 14s; the Trade Auxiliary Company of New' Zealand. Ltd., v. R. J. Collis, £6 5s 3d: Dorothy Agnes Macdonald and the trustees in the estate of J. D. Garwood. C. H. Gresson. J. Eslick, v. Thomas Charles Foster, costs only: Supply Stores. Ltd., v. Edgar Percv Kingsbury. £ls Is 8d: Turnbull and Jones, Ltd., v. B. J. Morgan. £6 10s lOd; F. E, S. Dale v. C. J. Edwards and Marion Edwards, £5 6s’; Smith and Smith. Ltd., v. J. Jacques. £5; J. Ballantvne and Company, Ltd., v. S. Smith. £39 12s 7d; M. Rountree v. L, Richards, £4.

JUDGMENT SUMMONS A. E. Hawkings was ordered to pay the New Zealand Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Related Trades Industrial Union £4 Is forthwith, in default of four days’ imprisonment, the issue of the warrant to be suspended on the payment of 2s 6d a week. CLAIM FOR HIRE OF COW

Richard Allan Palmer, a farmer, of Annat (Mr W. R. Olliver) claimed £2 12s from J. Poultney, as . ,e balance due for the hire of a cow. The plaintiff said he had hired a cow to the defendant at an agreed rate of 8s a week, and that the hire continued for nine weeks. The defendant had paid only £l. The defendant claimed that the cow had been hired at a specified sum of £2 and he had paid the balance of £1 into Court. The Magistrate held that the plaintiff was entitled to more than the defendant had paid, and gave judgment for £2 and costs. CLAIM FAILS A claim for £6 15s was made by the New Zealand Coffee and Spice Company Ltd. (Mr R. Twyneham), against the Christchurch Tramway Board (Mr J. D. Hutchison). The plaintiff alleged that a car driven by one of its employees had been damaged by a collision with a tram, by the fault of the motorman. The Magistrate gave judgment for the defendant. .