CIVIL BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 69, 14 December 1907, Page 7

CIVIL BUSINESS.

(Before Dr. 'A. M'Arthur, S.M.)

DEBT SUMMONSES. Judgmorit'Was entered for plaintiff in the following- cases:—Dresden Piano Co. v. Ernest Nelson, I '£ll 2s. 6d., costs £1 lGsi 6d.: Rose Mallett v. Robert' Power, £2 18s., costs Bs.; same v. Hugh Duggan, £2 145., costs 65.;. William Frank Nnwson v. Stuart A. Sampson, £7, costs £l 3s. Gd; Stewart rimber Glass and Hardware. Co., Ltd., v. H W Scarce, £14 4s. lid., costs £1; snme v. William Arthur D'Oridant, £5 17s. 5d., costs 16s. '.••:"•-■•■.•..,.

EMPLOYMENT OF SHOP' ASSISTANTS. ;Jamcs Fairway appeared on a charge of having omployed three shop assistants for more than ififty-two -hours, excluding meal' times, during the. week ending April 6, 1907.. ' A similar information was laid against'" Jonathan Jones. Both informations wero •" laid by the' Inspector- of Factories. When the cases -w.cro; originally heard, the Magis- • trate dismissed, both, and subsequently tlio cases, wero .taken to the Appeal Court, and '"- thee appeal wasuphcld. The cases wore then" "; referred-back-to-the'Lower Court to ho ' dealt with by the Magistrate. A conviction • • •was entered in each case, no costs' beine allowed. ..

'■■ . MISCELLANEOUS,. - : 'Charles O'Neill was convicted MibVfiHedL 20s;, in do'fa'iilt seven .days' imprisonment,' . ■,for insobriety, and Jack O'Mallcy for!a sim--;- ; liar bffoiice,' was, convicted and fined 10s.;" in default-forty-eight hours' imprisonment..";: Two first offenders were convicted and •filled '/■' Cs.,un default.twenty-four.-hours' imprison- ■,: moht'i'ftnd one was convicted and'discharged.-,"; ■An ■information'' against - Jane Gunning. - -Mccch, charged wnth" having .insufficient law- : - ! fill ; means.! or. support,. was dismissed, v His' -v' Worship considered that the evidence'shewed' that-defendant was living', in doubtful siir- '""-■ ■roundhigs, and was.not earning : money at : ■;,. the' present time. He did .'not .think this" was '.'-.- sufficient to-justif.v a' conviction, but at. tho-"-:-' sameHimo-ho would give defendant a warn-.-•■' .ing? \"' ■' ■-" .;,;•,. ~. Thp casoj. .Lowjs. Rodd, master '.mariner'- '■•' air. Gray) v.; The Westport Coal Company;: (Mr... Blair) was concluded before Mr. Rid- ' dell,. S.M. Judgment'was reserved '" : ','•'

■ JUVENILE COURT. A youthful ■ offender, • chargod with the theft, of ::goods. valued at,l7s. 2d.,: the. .pre* perty of a: clothier/was brought before the' Juvenile Court, and was sentenced-to a Hogging' of eight, strokes with tho birch.:'A little-girl, six "years of "ago, found liv-. ing'.with'. a reputed prostitute,, was, committed to St. Mary's Orphanage,' and- a boy, it'liree.'years old, found in the tsame hbiise, was committed: to the Wellington Receiving" Home. Alittlo girl; ;who was., living with an habitual drunkard, was''also committed 'to the Wellington Rccoiving Homo. •