MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 264, 31 July 1908, Page 4

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

.. POLICE CASES. (Before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.) V A SERIES OF THEFTS. A young man named Richard Thomas Power was cliargcd (1) witli : having on July 4 stolen cutlery, etc., valued at £1, the property of Francos 'lirogan; (2) with having oil July 18 stolen about £2 10s. in-money, tho property of Leong AVah; • and" (3) with; having, on July 21', stolen tho siim of 35.. od. ill. money, tho property of Leong AVali. Accused pleaded guilty to each of tlio chargos. ■ Chief- Detective M'Grath informed tho Court that Lcong Wall was a Chineso fruiterer in :Molesworth Street. Accused wont into complainant's shop on two occasions and Stole the money from'the till. Brogan was a hotolkeeper in tho -saino street, and the articles of eutlory montioned in the information were takon from tho hotel by accused. There woro five previous convictions for theft against'accused. ■ Accused pleaded for a chance as lio now had a wife to keep, and had work to go to. His Worship said accused had pleaded guilty to a series of thefts and must bo 1 convicted. On tho first charge he would bo sentenced' to threo months' imprisonment, arid on the second charge a Gentenco of six months' imprisonment would ho imposed to run concurrent witli tho first sentonco. On tho third ehargo a sontenco of 0110 month's imprisonment would bo cntorod, concurrent with tho other two sentences.'-: FALSE PRETENCES. A young man named Chas,. Hood pleadod guilty to a charge of haying, on or about July 28, at Wellington, by . means of- a certain falso nrctonccs, obtained two bottled .of whisky valued, at lis. from James Doaly, of tho Railway Hotel. ' On tho application of Sub-Inspector Phair- accused was remanded until August 3, as it was stated that it is possiblo that other charges will be preferred .against him. •• 1 MISCELLANEOUS. v Alexander M'llae was convicted and fined 205., in default seven days' imprisonment, for behaving in such a manner in Willis Street as to occasion a breach of tho peace. Two first offenders for drunkenness who failed to appoar, wero oacli convicted and jfincd 10s., in default 24 hours' imprison-, mont.

' \ CIVIL BUSINESS. (Bcforo Dr. A. M'Arthur, S.M.) UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment was entered for plaintiff by default of defendant in tho following civil cases:— School Commissioners for the Wellington Provincial District v. Rhody Slattery, £9 75., costs £1 Bs. Gd.: Commercial' Agency, Ltd., and E. W. Mills and Co., Ltd., Aplin, £19 lis. 10d., costs £2 15s. 6d.; W. Littlojolm and Son v. John Rogers, £19 Bs., costs £1 ss. 6d.; Alex. J. Hand, Ltd. v. Chas. Orr, £G ss. 2d., costs 10s.; Robert Hannah v. Wm. Aubrey, £10 125.,' costs £1 138. Od.; Johnston nnd Co., Ltd. v. Wm. Cooko, £10 lis. 9d., costs £1 10s. Gd.; Yorox, Barker and Findlay, Ltd., v. Nicliolls' and Griffiths, ss. costs only; Silverstream Brick and Tile Co. v. Harry Franklin, and Gcorgo R. Hosking, £105 9s. Gd., costs £5 12s. Gd.; "New Zealand Times," Co., Ltd. v. C. G. Dallas, £6 18s. 9d., costs £1 3s.' Gd.; Gcorgo E. Godbcr v. Frcdk. Norman Eade, £15 2s. 10d., costs £1 13s. Gd.: Now Zealand Consolidated Dental Co., Ltd. ,v. Sydney Walter Ashton, £3IDs. lid., coßts 10s.; Colonial Carrying Co. of New Zealand v. Robert Todd, £1 2s. 2d., costs 10s.; E. 11. -Crease and Son, Ltd. v. .James Harold Sutherland, £3 16s. Bd., costs IPs.; same v. Charlotte A. Sowbrick, £3 19s. lid., costs 10s.; Colonial Carrying Co. of New Zealand v. R. G. Fantham,-£29 17s. 3d., costs £2 145.; Caleb D. Pike and Frederick Wm. Prince v. John Gium, £1 9s. 9d., costs 55.; Sargood, Son and Ewen, Ltd. v. 11. E. Howell and Co., £35 lis. Id., costs £2 145.; Clarence A. Wilton v. John Meecli, '£! 12s. lid., costs 55.; Robert Jas. Boyd v. Sarah Watson, £2 3s. 6d., costs .10s.; Vacuum Oil Co., v. Archie Hammond, £1 65., costs 55.; Tlios. Ballinger and Co. v. Norman Phelps, £2 3s. Bd., costs 10s.

■ - JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. In tho judgmont summons caso Francis Loudon v. Wm. G. H. Baillie, a debt of £2 145., debtor was ordered to pay on or before August 13, in default thrco days' imprisonment. Georgo Henry Dabourne was ordered to pay £1 14s. to Wm.'.Carey 'on or before August 13, in. default thrco days' imprisonment. Walter S. Aylwin was ordered to pay £24 14s. to Andrew Byrne on or before August 13, ill'default ono month's imprisonment. " A FAMILY DISPUTE. Wm/ Morrison, butcher, Wellington, sued John Laird Morrison, Petone, farmer, for tho recovery of- £200. The statement of claim set out that £100 had been received by defendant for-use of the plaintiff, and that defendant was indebted to plaintiff in .tho sum of £100 for work dono and services ronderod)' at defendant's request on the property of defendant at- D'Urvillo Island, between October 1906 and May 1908. Tho disputo was ;ono in which a son sued his father, and'was a matter of purely family interest. Tho case occupied part of the morning, and tho whole of the afternoon, and was eventually adjourned until this afternoon,, after a partial-hearing. Mr. Luckie appeared for plaintiff, aiid Mr, Bunny for defendant.