CIVIL BUSINESS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 184, 29 April 1908, Page 4

CIVIL BUSINESS.

(Bcforo Dr. M'Arthur, S.M.) Judgment by default. Judgment by default was given in the following cases:—Joseph Daniel Slater v. H. A: Kumerbaj'£ls.l2s., aiid costs £1 14s. 6d.; Malcolm Mur'chie v. Bruce M'Farlano, £11 10s., and. costs £1 12s. 6d.; George Douglity and Co. v. T. Pi-isle, £93 10s. Bd., and costs £4 16s. Gd.; City Council v. F. IV: Tliomii son, £4 15s. 7d., arid' costs ss. ; Imperial Camera Company v. Douglas Jones, £12- 25., and costs .15s. 0d:; Frederick Cooper and C. Pratt and Co. v. W. H. Napier, £1.55. lOd.-, and costs 7s< j Bonithon Freehold Petroleum Co., Ltd., v. Charles Johnson, £Gl 125., and costs '£4 Os. 6d. ;• Smith and Smith, Ltd:,- v.' G. E. Prcsswood, 17s. 10di, arid cbstg 65.; Sanie v. F. Wallace, £1 13s. Sd., and costs 55.; Henry Savago v. James Kirkwood, >£2 7s. 3d., and costs 10s.; same, v.- 1 W. Aubrey, £2 95., and costs 10s.; Wellington Tiiiloresses' Union v. W. Smith, 95., and costs 55.; Rliimes and Co. r; Tikti Hapecta, £5 2s. 6d., and costs £1 3s. 6d.; Harold BrOwn v. Charles Enticott, £26,. and costs.£2 17,5.,; Rosenberg and Co. v. .William Rhodes, £2.85. 6d., and costs 55.; W. Siid G. Tiirribiill and 08. v. J. . Wallace, £89,155., and costs-£4 14s. 9d. In tho'-judgment' siimmbiis casoV ; '.Hehry. : Prifc cliard V. Micliaol Conway, for £1 2s; '4d.,'no order, was.made. DEFENDED CASES. , . In the case of Mai Inglis v. James Power, a claim for £2 2s. for nursing fees, Mr. E; C. Levvey represented plaintiff, "arid Mr. -Mor'an defendant., After hearing the . 'evidence, judgmdnt' Wiis given, for plaintiff for the amount claimed, and costs £1 12s. " The New.Zealand jAcetvleno Gas Compaiiy (Mr. Hindmarsh) proceeded against Charles 'Johnson for 155,,. 6d. for., goods supplied. Judgment was given 'for..plaintiff for 12s. 6d., and costs'6s. ''- •.•rift" Dfiuiol Mooro Brookes :(Dr. Knight)--v-;'; James: Charles Percival Ambrose, a claim of £2. os. for rent, it was stated that defendant's wifo was. still diving in, tho house, arid had been paying the 'rent. Judgment was given for 1 dofendant- without costs. •• . (Before, Mr. W. 6. Riddell, S.M.) ' BOOKKEEPER v, ; BOOKMAKER., . . -An .übusual caso' between bookmaker iianied Jbhil Laidlaw (Mr: Herdman) and Archibald Espie . (Mr.-. O'Leary), a bookkeeper,, was called on. Espio sued-Laidlaw for £11 (£1 of which had been paid into Court), tho amount of-/a loan alleged to have bSoh made! -Plaintiff''stated that-ho won m'ori'oy from defeiidant-'in Mnrlborough in November-last. Wlioii Laidlaw cimo to Wellington he asked witrioss for the loan of £5 to .rcdeeiii it ring: As ho did' not- have a five-pound' rioto ho gave him a ten-pound note, and the ring was redeemed... Laidlaw then disappeared, and'went' over to Marlborough. Witness wrots-tb him, but Laidlaw replied that ho'had .nothing then, ib.ut'. £40.0; was owing from.clients, and he.would pay when ho lyas ablo to. , About £20 altogether was owing from .Laidlaw. •; ... ...... Defendant... admitted. ,getting-.\£lo ';from Espie,' but -said that', no had returned it on Sunday,- December. ,15; when Espie,, implored witness to m'ako /&- payriicntj aS.,ho ;was in trbtibla.yUndef-.;crpss-cxaminatjon,' lio admitted.'- thit,;Willing- was';;:his' ,real surname. -Walter Gordon,- a cab'man, and -' Albert Laidlaw, defendant's, son, gave evidence as to seeing the money paid. ,-Tho." Magistrate'., said., that,,, after -hearing tho evidence,. 116 intfst give judgment for defendant with' costs £! 9s(,' • >