MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 250, 15 July 1908, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

POLICE CASES. . ; - ] : 6.--Riddel], S.M.j' « I; A md start!- •. v from the. Old Country, . was charged, with hay-, 1 - received, the/ . fcUjn- of lui; 'on'-.tefins v rcMiring him t<i 'ac- 1 count-'for 'the'' same'"to Georgci Nash, and .with fraudulently emitting to. so account for the money, thereby committing theft. Chief. Detective M'Grath . informed tho Co.urt'-'that accused had only been in the •'•••' ■ Dominion iabout>i two''weeks. • -He was em-' - 'feedvfor one day: by Mr: Nash, 'milkman. . Whilst.* im -his t round: a; customer -paid to ac- 'v cused-.'an account'of- 10s.,> after, which ac- -> cused'disappcat'od. . Accused,* whb.-stated, that ho was prepared ■ to;refund thev money,'-'said he could not-get :• on with-the:ipb,".and' went' : away. in search > . sf; others-work.- ;■ He put the IDs.'-in hia ■pockpt,Mandi forgot ;alh about it.. He> had---Siiicoi it)rihut '10s. to topay JJr-.rNasjtt'■ . His: l that he hail' made. •. - first- fortnight • ' in •a'new r: cpuntryiirbut ..he would be given a i > chanc<j'..of making- ,-ahothor beginning. A ; conviction-, would -bar entered; and accused ; • would.;bo 'orHored- to-come up for sentence J ■ ;Tvhei).,called-. ; upph, -tho 10s. ; to be refunded to « iyn^oripflht.' : -j^IDEE ; AND DISORDERLY.3' l ,midc!le-;agod,woman named Sarah Jamie. : • ;son r was. convicted; and fined 205., in default .•SefenV,.daysV-, imprisonment.-:, for . insobripty.; -A j E<?ptenc,o of .three months' imprisonment 'wa-s:imposed against-the same-defendant-on' l -a ; cha'rge ,of - being -an idle and disorderly - ■ iperson;,)pthin.sthe meaning of 1 the Police'">" -.Offences Aot,y;lßß4, ~in that she had' insuffi*. ■- ■cienfclawful:-means of- support.-:-' > N I '' THEFT OF AN OVERCOAT. An elderly, man,. Thomas O'Brien, pleaded : giiilty-icto: having,'••"On "July 6 r ; at Wellington', sclent ;.valued at ; £2 '-10s., the ! ' 'property 'of;'Mailrice- Cohfen. , Defendant was .p'oivicMpand'-'sehWhced to one month's imprisonment;- % I . c.id-i- ' ■■■■■; saA»ftmah*a. until; July'l7.,was granted in'the . : '-'-Tlieresa? Stevens;' a ; well-dressed , •young woman, bharged with bem'g deemed'an " 1 'flip and disorderly ,perso(i within the ineanini of the Police Oltences Act, 1884, in that 'flie Ms insufficierit'lawfu'l means'of support.' . ( .. ■Ba'iP was :allowed'- ; in' the' sum; of '£25,; and :onp-surfe.ty-of £25. "-Mr; P.'.'.W:'Jackson ap- • .pear'M'. for'-defendant. '' " For'in'sobrioty'-; : John : ;Byrnd was convicted' 1 ; I; anjlc fined ; 10s?, ' WithJ'the - alternative of 48 ' Ifoiirst- -iiiiijriscnntent." ■ i ■ • .1". ' * CIVIL BUSINESS. j "(Before -Mr.- W. G. Riddel], S.M.) - : UNDEFENDED CASES. Ju3gnwni ofo0for v .plaintiff b'v-default of >de» - . ifeiidaiit..feas' eiiterod in. the- tollowihg cases > -P.j D'.:-Frauck LV.;'Steph'en Tilly; £2-25. : 6d. p ■' -a costs/. 10s.; ; -Levjn- and - Co;, . ; Ltd. v. - John- - -H61e5,..£10 25..8 a., .costs' £2 Os. 6d.-; Smithand Smith',: Ltd.: v'. Charles Fitzgerald, £27. •' ■'> •^•-1-Idl: : " ; 'Wdljngton'-'> Loaii • .^o.,;.ttd; f .y..Charles W.' Harris, £16 5d;,-- •' .Costs,:£l'. 105.:6 d.;.-. Samuel Free y; Charles! • 'Enticot'tj' £9„55.. ; 10.d,, "costs- £l"3s. 6d. j_H. , - Price aiid Col," Ltd.'," v. Franklyn and Hos-- ; king, £75 7s. 10d., costs £4 7s. 6d.; WellingTraders' Agenoyj. assignees: of: Arthur-Hoby, •- v.'Henry Crump,. £ ; 26 ~ls., costs-£2, 14s.;r Wellington Traders'. Agency, as;assignees of.-. Kempthorne,'; Prosser. ;and 'Co.',' -New Zea«.. .. 'land Driig Co.;" Ltd., v. Harry yeadon, £20 ~ ;os.' ;'6d;," costs £2 ' 14s:j . "New Zealand' :- Times '', Co,, Ltd;, v. John; Hamilton Fergii- ' .; [son)';£ 2 '55., .costs;.los.Mackay," Logan,.- v; Cald.wcll and. Co., v. George H. .Craig, £3 rlOs. fid., costs 10s. j Charles Begg.and C 0.,.. .. •Ltd;' v'.•'Howell .and Co.',' £15. .£1 -,10s. 6d; ;" E. W. AVilton' arid Co. v. -'W. B. Jackson, ! £8 155., costs'£l lis. 6d.. ~ , ; / . JUDGMENT SUMMONSES.'. • '■- In' tho judgment. summons..'case Charles '. Hnyffard lzara v. Peter Woottbn, a debt" of.. ,' £24, {'debtor-was : o'rdfered t'o pav on hr before' July ;Slvvin."default 21' days'. jmp'risoMenk , A : : PATENT G\S PLANT Finality, Was; rGached in.- tho hearing of ovidenco! in the caau Jumi a. PabErson, consuiiing : enginMr".;(j\rr".' Young),. v. :; Edward' NewOiaif claim for £144- 18s. : ' §.di,"a;diiputtf ifi connection-witlvthe contract C ;• fjricV.'fßr 'the .rti'siallation : of a |'Hycar".'gas; ; plant"-in -lioiiso at Marton.' After : - further expert evidence" in' support., of '.-'.the If. case~for tlie'defence had been called, defendaht,--¥ sheeji' farmer, 'deposed' that ..plaintiff contracM-"to supjily : a .plant, for iigliting,'.':;.'".--heatiug, '-and -cooking -in 'his (deferidaiit's)- ' i hoiis*b] at' 3. cost l :of' : £80:' -MVh'en' tho instal-,-'.' test'; was', held,. but"; ■' , wasinot ; "sa%isfac{'6r.v.' ' : Defendant-went on " tb-s'ay : 'that :tlio lights : w'ere-noisy, and inter-' ' mitterit/iarid'frequenfiy 1 . went ..out. - Plaintiff,' ' liiriiself- 'admitted ;'that the.' installation was ' iefefative, arid'took steps to.put matters right,' .'- * sending-up. a'-how', plant. ' Witness "did not' 1 undertake: to- pay- tor 'tho- .new plant, but ' ' %j^ ! 4o t! pay;-'for. certain- additions if the; ' plahti,was' f a''sudcessT ■. The : iibw plant was not J &tis'facfery/ ; tK'an r thefirst, the ' light " beiqg : '.unst'ea"dy' arid' uncertain. The »ntractor:%as '"two further opportu- '' ilities, but still 'the""plant'"was not working efficiently although: more alterations were ' thado to it. Tho' stoves, fittings, and burners,' ivhich were, selected by t plaintiff and witness's ivife, cost over'£6o. These, fittings, he was . bold, could not, all bo used; in another sysioci. 1 - 1 ,- t After hearing legal argument, his Worship •esorved- - Ins - atcision. ...

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