MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 167, 8 April 1908, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

, y POLICE 'CASES. ~. 6; Riddell, S.M.)' . A CHARITABLE ; 4sv. , ( . -V A BOGUS COLLECTOR. J 1 Franklin Holso Kenworthy, a well-dressed ■ man: past- of guilty" to-''charge, of''being "aVrogUb and vagabond within tho meaning of the''Police. Offences • Act,.. 1884/ in that he did impose upon a certain charitable institution, tho' Discharged. Prisoners' Aid Society, by a fake' and fraudulent-, representation', to Joshua' Morris, with a view to obtaining money. Chiof-Dotectivo M'Grath informed tho Court that defendant had called on Mr. Morris,' .a .bootmaker, in Toranaki Street, on ' March IG, and represented that ho was col- j looting money on behalf of: the Discharged _Prisoiiers Aid Society, and Mr. Morris gavo him ss. A notebook' found in the possession l of accused .'.when ho was! arrested by Dotec-, tives Williams and* Kemp showed that ho had apparently, illegally obtained various sums of money and converted thorn to his own uso. - The notebook showed that he had evf-u raised money from Chinamon. The palice' knew little. about accused, : but- there was no doubt! that ho was a 1 wastrel. On tho application of tho police, accused was romandod until Friday for sentence, to enable further.- inquiries to be made as to his character. ' ' ILLEGALLY ON PREMISES.;' Cummings,- sixty : five years' of. age, pleaded guilty to a chargo of having been foihid at. night without lawful excuso on the premises of Georgo Haskell in Dixon Street, and was convictcd'and sentenced to tlireo months' imprisonment' with hard labour. Tho-samo defendant was sontenced-to fourteen days' imprisonment for wilfully damaging one table, valued at 125., tho property of the owner; of tho' building Mentioned in the first ohaTge, the terms of imprisonment to run concurrently. ' Evidence showed that defendant came down from the country last wek. He brought a chcqtie with him, but by Monday evening his capital had dwindled down to'threepence.' 'Ho was found in; the house in question, a littlo; after midnight, on Monday, and beside him was the damaged table. .. . ... /. MISCELLANEOUS.; , . For drunkonnoss Charles Arney was convicted and sontenced to one month's imprisonment, and' Henry Allen was convicted arid' fined 10s., in default forty-eight'hours' imprisonment. Seven first offenders were dealt with, one being convicted and .fined 10a., threo us., two convicted and discharged, and one remanded for curative treatment. • CIVIL BUSINESS. (Before Dr. A. M'Artkur, . S.M.)' ; UNDEFENDED CASES. ; Judgment for plaintiff by default of defendant'was entered in tho following cases: —United Asbestos . Australasian Agency,. Ltd., v. John Chapman Fleming; £28 135., costs £2 14sV; James. Diljoh v. Frederick Boyoe, £1 Is. 7d., costs 95.; James Smith; ami Sons v. Thomas Edgar Parr, £1 7k. 2d., costs 55.; Wm. Rowntreo-v. E. Crosby, £9 lis., costs £1 3s. 6d.;' W. and G. Turnbull and Co., v. Henry Richard Fisher, £60 7s. 9d., costs £4 10s.; Hamerton," Andrews and Webb v. Georgo Henry Dabourne, £2 25., oosts 125.; Wellington Traders' Agency v. H. Oscar Hcwett and Co., Ltd., £6, costs. £1 lis. 6d.; J. Chcesoman v. Porcy Taylor, £1 lfts., costs 75.; Wellington Biscuit Co., Ltd., v. Frank J. W. Pope, £12 10s. 7d., costs £1 10s. fid.; David Roche Lawlor v. Hermann Rathor, alias " Sandow, tho Strong Man," 16s. 6d., costo ss.;' Sargood, Son, and Ewen, Ltd., v. Chas. Lyon, £22 18s. 3d., costs £2 ,145.; Wellington Loan Co., Ltd., v. Wm. Staveley, £22 11b. Bd., costs £2 17s. • In tho judgment summons caso, James Wilson Thomson v. Thos. 'J'yree, a dobt of £5 55., defendant was w-dered to pay, on or before May 4, in default soven days' imprisonment. A BOOK OF . CRESTS ■ MISSING. Philip Millie, minor, by hLs uoxt friend Catherine Milne, sued Maurice Soigol,- another juvenile, for £10 "or-possession of a book of crests. .Plaintiff claimed,.that the book, which contained the crests of dukc6; counts, and ooaatesses, . '.' and- that sort of

thing," was worth about £4.0, and had been handed down to. him by hjs family. The book had been lent to defendant over a year ago, and although ho had been asked to return it, he had never dono bo. Plaintiff simply asltctl for the return of the book, or, in tho. alternative, for £10 damages. • Evidence was given by Louis A. Sanderson, to whom tho book had been shown by defendant ovor two and a half years ago. Under cross-examination,..witness stated that ho considered tho book was a " kid's book," containing all sorts of monograms and coats of arms, paintings of ships, and other things. It was a sorap-book.' Tho paintins looked liko daubs. Witness was not an/expert in cresta, and only looked casually at the book, but ho know a good painting when he .saw it. For the defenco it wis admitted that, the book had been lent by plaintiff nearly three years ago, and defendant had promised to return it._ He. had searched all over his houso for it, but coujd not find it. Counsci for tho dofeuco offored' plaintiff.'£l 'in 'satis-. faction .of tho claim. After some argument as to the valuo" o) tho book, His Worship give judgment for plaintiff for £1,. and no costs wcro allowed. CLAIM FOR HORSEFEED. ' (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M;) ' Samuel Brown, 'Ltd'.,.- produce merchants (Mr. Kirkcaldio), sued Oney .Higgins, expressman, for £3 9s. od., for hovsefwd alleged to havo been. supplied.; Defendant disputed having obtained any of the items sued for, stating that he had dealt, with plaintiffs for fourteen ye-ars, paying spot cash ' during , tho wholo of that time. . Ifis .Worship considered that plaintiffs'' .books woro moro'roliablo th-an defendant's memory, and gave, judgment for, plaintiffs, amount olaimcd,-'-.with costs £1 14s. 1 '. v CLAIM .FOR. RENT. j. _Mas Deckston, dealer, Kent Tcrraco, sued Mrs. H. Witborno for ( £3 85., ; reiit. alleged to bo. due, and possession of : a tenement. Judgment was given for tho amount claimed, and for possession .by April 28, with costs