MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 262, 29 July 1908, Page 9

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

■■■ ,/ll'J viK : ' • roLicE ! |kSiis.; \ : (Beforo Mr. W. fc? Ricl'den/ ; S.M.) r T • _ •' 'KihiKAWii xi Or yairlnoi •.,sjALLEGEDafjPTOTOiia ,jfeans!i . ■A y6ung 'inan;hame~d brought forward on a'clVargS*- pint 1 ' I-July 22, stolen £5 in money, fchp. pi'op,ei^,v'3^ l : •t'liq Hawko's Bay; insh'Gdv ; >. : oiv i tlf6"appiictf-.' "tion" of- Chief Detective; M*Gra'th ; 'Vdefeiidant r ' wnis -remanded' Until Tjiefeda.y lifeStl jet • A middle-agod man named {J'amtV.iMadde/,'" charged with having, on^Jdl,v v 2s;'committed' tlio theft of £5 10s. 'of- Frank Tucheiy Tory.' Strefef.-'-'elicfii'd' "'to'l be tried by-a jury, and'Avas re"ma'ndcd s uiitil i j-August o. 'jSi-jioaz '-.co. ' '.i Walter Thompson, a'young >ftmTj.i£lcaded j guilty to a -charge of - ;1 Jcoliduiitwhilst drunk.Sub-I'is|ector-WKvir informed? .tlie-Cp'urt that acciisedr.TOSvfouiidTonttcer.t-ain.-premises in' Aro night. , Ho., was ojectcd^sg>'OTar i tfi))es. 1 1 -. l : and; once .struck, the •persoißj^"9j<^*d,&m, r ' :^": conviction of default seven .days'. iiijpnsqjvniejiti. v yaft ii|} 3l -, posed. .. '5' ■-. : - — ""'V : A BREACH .; Alf red Gibson''and 1 guilty, to having .''behav^'';in ; r ' * manner in No'rtli 'StrtetV,wKereby- s a of the peace, was occasiaiiefli'T-'Eacli. ciefeifdan!' was convicted and-' fVii(3& i 'Ws'.y- iuvfddfault" seven days' imprisonment. Dbferitjitn® Gib§oi\i. was also' convicted and~Med i SSy' I ,iiisdi!fau : lt J 21 days' impris6nment,"ipn : >a'^urtjner r of having used pbsceno' •lan"gliage^" ; --j\ls%'*3iirJc-' caklie appeared for -Ml';. Ca¥m- r . bell for Nixon. .' '• •$? W?,™? V ' . .kisgELi^lP^sir^^^;- • James. Cameron awctVam-' tcnced month' drunkenness, and ono-first.,offender.,:was;.cotirv victed and iijiod ■ ss., :i uiv;;4cfault-.i-2i hoyrs,': imprisonment. , • -bk-c.'.- • (Before Mr. W. • UNDEPEN])|^.QASjE;i i T.k Judgment for "do* fendant was entered (SiviL cases :—Mary' 'Richards' '''V.'YEdWard 1 ''iiegan','. £9 12s!, costs, £1 3s. 6d,;'TJtnVei'sal' 'Supply C 0.,. Ltd., v. Edmund•'■"Gregory BhjrpcV'M 1 12s. 6d., costs, 10a.; A.''G'^:H'earing'aiid."Co; ; v. George E.'■' Bowles, v £l2" 18s.'' '3cT. r JV'- cbstsj; ,18s.Chas. Begg i and t ''Co. : ;;''Lt'd'.,''''y/;'|a'nUs. Bernard Mackenzie,'; £44,co.kk_ Kalin and Kalin'v. 6i|£. costs ss, j . Wellington • Ci ty'; J o.oorj3p tlolt -- v ; T Donald, L; Turner, £7 r; ;lss;* posts' Bs',;;' saftq' v. Charles ..Johi-srn, £2_ o l3^'\Bd.,' I lfc'osts''os!'iJ Hooper and Harrison £5 25., costs £1 3s. Qtl. j;' Jolii\AVy.att';;v.; YSJilliam l'ark, £5S 18sy- costs. i3 ; ls§j;s™Wili liam Hendry v. James'Si^StfeyCnsoii,'/£3-"3s.'; 6d., ..costs 12s. 5 Bernardi'.'Hall . Jai'tfes, Hi". Sutherland, £5 J3s. : Margaret Louise Tomiinson' V. Ward, £10, costs Bs. j 1 -i'ilicha:;Walters'"-v,' Oscar George Krcnch, £2|;,cpsts!£'2.'f^sV'; Jerusalem and Son. v. burne,- £24 35., costs. S3. J4s;'j,.Ayalter''..fijjl.v v. Cecil h. Hawley,. £]?,...c6sts; v ,6d. Charles Palliser v. James 'Gar'nor,;£s,.os.,' lid., costs £1 3s. 6d.;.pniv'ersaljSiipi%' r Cd,','.. Ltd., v. Henry rorma4;;Gr'Ceji,. i^p:as'.; costs' £1 3s. 6d. ■ RESERVED wfi? LOST LUGGAGE. . ' ." Sir. W. G.. :; gayb : .liis ! fre-:; Sorvod .decision in thaVc'ase' .'James, (Mr. Ward) v. Fred,BaHpy"^;'o!Le : a claim for. £15 for. X'-Jgladstono bag containing personal ..cffects;■ Ayhich. - tiff- alleged was delivdrqd.t:to " at' Trentliam on :-Mareli ( |;;and l llp'st.hy, him. The. only.,pvidenpe.{jsr„()ie^{btce''\ras' ! a denial by defendant hoimjp'r- received' such a bag from plaint'iK.t .vOn' thoTotiicr\ hand, plaintiff. swore tlib 1 missing bag to defendant and that it was placed by him along with -other, luggago con; voyed at the samo time' 1 froin" Jronthairi to Wellington. Ho also said-lib interviewed do. fondant tho mottling after and told him of the loss. Defendant, i,t was alleged, did not then deny receipt of,--|liVb"ag,' but made an exhaustive search for ft 'ancj, .at his own oxJieuso. p'Jvertised for its recover.Y. One,,

witness wh.o-'had no- interest .in the case was r prdsont when .plajntiff .and. defendant wcrb -; .discfissiiigithc matter, and defendant did .not' thcii-deny or'infer- that ho bad not', received' ---' ..fjhd .bag,:, altlu igh -defendant ■ liad stated in ' ' evidence that-ho. denied receipt of tlio bng in' ' , itViq.prc6onco of.toth plaintiff and the witness in question,., The- weight of ovidenco, in tlio '.PPMUon jof. the Court, was against defendant. • .J^ijlgmont,would .bo for plaintiff for £15 auc Bs.^6d.' : '" HUSBAND AND.WIPE. . 'APPLICATION FOR SUMMARY SEPARA. -. TION. .. ; . ' 0 - "Judgment was delivered in tlio case, Alice .■Evans (Mr. Toogood) .v. Alfred Evans (Mr. ..Q'lyqarj;).- Complainant asked for an order : : 'of Against her husband ,9<iJ th6,ground,of' persistent.cruelty. Tlio ■ s jl.Bd["-!)pcn,. i narri(!(l about six years.' ' Complainant-alleged.' that' on' two occasions , dpfc'o'clijn't, ha'd; assaulted her, but in the.opiu- : ion ot tlio .Court, .the intervals between the -.assaults' fere so great that ft could not by ' ' ,any reasoning bo said to amount to por.sispent "cruelty. 'Complainant did not, how,oypr, jost her case solely on these alleged ' .assaults, .hut on the fact that, defendant brought'undesirable characters' to the. home • autl compelled. h'or. (complainant) to act in • an; i.iupi'oiier,.m'!uine'r. There, was evidence ... . ■ tl>4t'"Soiiiu "of .tlio persons named ■by :coin-' plaiiuuit. as. having.. been; brought to. tho hoiiso By'defendant, were bad-characters, but--'dcfe.iulant,denied tliat they were there fro- • jubntly, and. said further that he had never "-compelled compliiinant to act in the manner swprii/.to by .hciy'.Cohiplainant.left. her hus-' .'' hand,about. t.HV.weeks-ago ( - but -the,evidence". ' : s]i6w.Cfl ..tliat .this' was duo. rather to a quar- ' ru l; :PX?V... a .certain person and not- becauso .defendant ; '.insisted upon complainant mipq'ojiducting herself and 011 her refusing to ' do; so. had forcod her. to leavo tho house. It- . appeti'r.ed to ;tliq Court that if complainant's statement vias tnio slio would havo had good ground for leaving her husband, aiid' 3 ' Claim for summary -separation afterwards, 'i, -it lie had failed to maintain her. His, AVor-,. .*. 'f acquiescciicc in such a je- . '■"* r' -1 l v -th'out evidence of any .'continue*? 'refusal ta tfgrtc- to his proposals, .would bt • ' a :- sufficient'«rdund. of oomplaint iiiiless 1 ae- " opmpampd by other -acts of .cruelty 011 the ■: part of the defendant '.which, comnellcd or forced her to leave "home. ''...The power'to mailorders where a home had ' ; :i«] b p(--e*erqis6a? with caution. The . Court v ■ -should' -l'equiVo - proof of : continued personal =violoncq.-t)r.; lieglcerto maintain, 'and. should, '.. , not by-'the l hasty or unconsidered't Withdrawal of "a wife from lier-home by'rea- ■ ' ??A. of. 'to U)porary."disagreement.' Authority - ' "laid. it r :-down 'tlint for' cruclty "there " fWustbff danger to' life, limb, or'hcalth, : bodily -' or j mentally, 'or a reasonable apprehension - . ;of |it,-;;-.t6 constitute -legal crunltv. ,f fn the - 1 'present ; case.there was a denial of. tho acta alleged -.toconstitute persistent 'cruelty,'and"-' : .V ! 'Tli^..AYorship thought -that where there was 1 ?uchi,(i-denial-complainant; must' adduce suffi---": 1 'bieiit corroborative ovidenco to • show that ' 'defendant*.had .;,broughfr. himself within the -f• : 'laij- as laid down in tlio authority quotedabove.-. • -The - Court considered complainant litul failed; to do this; So far as the., statu-" ■' ■' tony ■ defence raised by defendant was con-1;'; ; '■tifctjnod, His Worship was of opinion that-jt','. : was not open to him,', as there was ovidenca 'i' of; condonation of . any act . committed by ■' - comiilamantjjeforo 'sha: left .her home.The".-'' application; would, bo dismissed. ■ -On the, api)lic!ition of Mr. Toogood, security*. - >• ■'foij fep|pal'.\yasj'fixed, in. .the sum. of £10 :105... .■ '> ~ DfirENDED CASES •; Tbe AVblliiigtbn" Amalgamated Society ■ of" '. ;Gopkss-iilid ' Waiters- Industrial Union 'of'' -)VorkeTg:-:(Mr;' ' Lbvvy) sued C.' Hancox/. Jlvetel!;porter,''ifbr'v-14sii '-being', 1 twenty-height, V" • , a TeJsk»'?«^iitHlitftioAg' ; due : to. -the Union. ; "Aftbi •• rHeafiftg.n-tho^'ovrde'nce,-His'-Worship, gavd ' . jildgmeni tile.amount claimed ' and'witsjfiK} f~- 5: .'-:: -v ". : (Mri. Mactenzie) sued Wlll. ' Smithy "(Mr. 'Von fj. / Haast-);;.!for.'- ie 7" rent- "of 'cottage ; in' Owen valuoiof' certain-articles missing f from-fithenlioiise. Defendant ' denied owing 1 r tuf™sOTi^T,'='haviiig,-lie stated,l doiio all Uia. Jnijiincss in -conncction with "the ; house with - " pghnij. to: whom lie - had/'paid theV'irenii'"-'''- , .'vpgularly'.dud'obtained' receipts, only one of : : produro, as it had -been ' ; l u i)efondant .denied- that ' lie had re- ." '. uiqved; aiiy- ofj the' goods' which wero' alleged > , .fe j.b.o'. imissing. i-r-. l 'Judgment was "given"- for '; - 'plaintifEi"for c f l',' ; and - costs 35., in 'addition ." ' 'tfe ia - small:, sum" paid into Court. 1: 'Herbertr Millingtoii, draper (Mr. Mac-vlce|izie);--claimed £i~ 18s. Gd. from Norman . ' r Voraoii:i Rliodes,slaughterman, for ' goods ' lsblA r an"d;dolivefed.:;';His .Worship gave judg- ' "iiibnt:.for>.tho:■ amount' 1 claimed and costs. £1 Ws.»c"; ; !- -U: / J l:3 Engel,'; farmer (Mr. - Von rr ' ■ sued Frederick'.iVairil M'Vicar, farmer .¥*! £2 7s. 6d., half cost of '$ ' j'eiioing ithboundary.-bctiveen'i the' premise's of-- : '' ■ jilaihtifE andidofondaht,. agreed,to\ have been.«' ' 'pajdr-by defendant; After hearing ovidencS. 1 <ot| length;s<plaintiff-.f-was '-non-suited." Costal ■ •eniouutiug to £2 lls.-wero"allowed dofen*. ■ r dabt..;C . : ' .'• ' ' ''. . "J ' • i\i>uso,rßlack;"and Son; coachbuildors • (Mh ; '• "Kirkcaldie)] sucd'-'-AV; ; "'-W'.- -AVebb,.- cab- 'l>r> -■ ..* = for : £4 4s. 6d. :for wrk ■ ■ ■"Doha .toionefbf dcfqivdant's' cabs, the rutoot. ■ 1 tyre;:of-which;wasrfixed and. a. glass' frims ■ • *e^a ; ired. p' == r-Tlir>"-''"item .in. dispute was/tho ' :-flking of the. rubber, ■ defendant Wguing'i'that ' , 'tlio -standard size rubber had-not been fitted ■ 'to;the whccl)i'the "rubbbr'haviiig conseijtiently : become loose after, four'months' wtt.i His . -'.Wbrslnp/'gave iudgment.'for. plaintiu'.for j Ufe.yl'iind "costs £1 12s. " :