MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 680, 3 December 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

jir. / '..:> :j;:CHARGE:pF : AfTEMPTED : MURDER. :\ J ~The crowd.bAind the barrier at MagistrateV Court yesterday , morning ■'• showed Mat there'was something out of. the ordinary on the charge-sheet; This it'presently appeared .was the charge against a well-dressed- elderly nian; Joseph' Williams by name, that on Wednesday: night in Ghuznee Street -he did attempt to iriurder one I'rancis Joseph Martin..,"/.-/■ .:■.'■ ■'■' Sub-InspectorNorwood, who appeared fw thejproseciition,; intimated that a roniarid .to December 8 was The alleged offence, he said,'was: a serious one , . Accused'was the father-iil-law p£ 'Martin, the man'shot at, and on Wednesday night met him in the street, and had "some words in. regard-to his daughter. Martin,:refuscd. to talkio him, saying that he liim-in the proper ■ place—at: the; court;';; ' Whereupon : Williams retorted: "Toil willi never go into court," and shot: , at him. The : bullct, passed through: Martin's neck near tho left: shoulder, but beyond removing a small piece 'of; flesh did no injury. /After.!, the, affray accused had. stated that'he was" sorry:,that-the shot,did not take ; effect, and .had■ since given ground for ;apprehension that if liberated he would .renew sliis 'attack upon Martin." , ■'.- '■' JuY./Wilford, -who represented'accused, said that tho- charge was one of attempted murder; not murder, ■ and ho would therefore ask tniit Williams bo: liberated on bail, i .One of the most''.prominent men. in tho city, ho;said, had come forward 'and- offered to go bail :■ in any amount both,for. appearance .and .. gpod...;be'h'dvipufr-.. tooni- his .conversation,with accused he ha'd no reason to fear'that the attack would lie renewed. //;:'•// ■ '■, ■■ -■ ';'■■■'. ' ■ .-. '■'.■■'•': ■;His Worship -said- that under tho:.circum:stances.hd'was:prepared to/fix ; bail. in. a substantial sum.-'The amount would be .£4OO and one-surbty of a similar; amount," or ttfb.isur.e-' jmi ; ;: ">"./■ ;.■, ";'•:.''>';■; "'.'; ,-'■: .ROBBED ' : : '.;-.' ..*cA-middle-aged, man Earned .Albert Williams was brought forward for sentence on "a charge of stealing an overcoat, a suit of clothes, a pair of boots,'arid a blanket,-valuo £3 17s. 6d., the property of.Thos'. Brennan.'■;' ■;' -■■■ • .":■■ :.}'' ■:■■'< ■ • Chief-Detectiyo. Brpborg:. said the;circum-. stances .of : the case were that .'defendant had; been 'employed'-by "Brennan -Von ' 'the : West Coast.. Brennan: had paid'defendant's' passage iip to' Wellington,, where the. two of them had boarded ■' together.'- Being "V-y.called ~ ■ away suddenly,";. ■ Brennan; had. ■ left his ,"swag ; stored':,in ; a.''stable, '.whence it had , been stolefi 1 ' by id&fendant; who.:'had sold "it to".! a Becond-hand 'dealer.'; So far '■ as 'could be ascertained this was defendant's first offchco.".',. , ■ /His: Worship remarked that tho theft was iy mean/one,/but.as" ; Williams was a first offender, he would .'deal 'with him leniently, and. find hiravifi3, "ordering him' to refund £1 7s.':Cd.,. value, of. ; tho: property, riot recovered, in'; default, one.month s 'imprisonment. ■ '■: /■- . '[■■■■, " ■

; -y^ : \";vt:'' ; CASES.://■■:^".:,;; ? ; , ,;; • ; 'Btiref opted- unci ■■ amkempt, ,: . John--. :Jpbnson' stepped into the dock and pleaded l guilty _to a •oharge'./bf being a ; .roguo.ahu'vagabond'in that ho had no ''vi3ible : means of /support, and bad been once previously/convicted of ;boing aii'idle and. .(lißorderjy '.person. ; ; : He was. sentenced'. to': six inonths , imprisonment.' ■. . '/■':'■' V; i", ■ ',"Isabella Edwards \vns convicted of !being.aii idlo.and•'dis6rdorly person in.that she.had,no' .lawful" arid means iof ■:• support,- and, was sentenced , .to'three' , inbnthS'/imprisonment..- /. : il'or,!■'wandering- beyond tho■-■ bounds■, :of v ' so-. Thatcher was'-.convicted /and; fined;los., ; ,in.-dofault hours in , gacj, .and two first: offenders; were convicted, 'and jdispliarged.. ;-ysv ;^i/:^: tiviL ; ;.BUstNESs;; : ;fr ;*s : %-v ;.{■«^.i/;(Before;i;Pr. : M'Arthiir,: /. •Judgmentlfor plaintiff by default iwas : .entered : /in' the.following , 'civil and Btoin'i' -Ltd.,/-y. , GcorgevM'Gregdiy %., costs 235.- 6d. j" Drapery'and General.' Impovting -Co. of: Now' Zealand,. Ltd.;'v.'Edwd. Bongo, £2 ps./' ;2d'.,-costs, iTs.j.stirßopd,' Son,' and'EiVeii, Ltd.;. y. iWilfi'ed-.G.' I'argie, £33-M". .'ld., coats; :Ss'.;.: Commercial/Agency; /Ltd.,: v. , . Edwd; '&.': Issclli 55. M.; costs >S2 0s ; Gd.j I). , Benjamin 'and Co. v.• Cowell Br6s.i!;*tlss...2d.,boosts.ss;; -C0. , ,'/'Ltd.;,. v.-.' Eclwd; .Gascoyhe, ■■'£\ , .\ 2s. lldii-costs ss.;;Lipnel .Chas; Burke y.- James' .;C.,-,E. , ,;Sritton-Turner y ;; l 4^44s v Jd tf : SM costs,lQs,;;: ' Jis'.'"Cpnrior Cy. ; JTfibs: 55 Mbeff;'^'-^?.'^^:' 235. 6d. r Agnos Troderica MCoax. w Augustus •■Edwdv Watkins ■and-'-ano.rrWalter; Wilsoh r -410,-,| costs', /J!l: Osi- (id.j Wellington Tinware- Co; v. | 18s;/'0d.,-c6sts: , 23s."Cd:;;' , l;'rcdenck.>j Chas..Creaso V.' 'I'hos. Henry Kobiuspn;-posses-' .10,: Ai^i^U I '- and -costs 171 A Allrcl-Ernes't.-Kernbt' Jas.'WPpd,, #16:. 6sV6d., costs'Jßl 10s. 6d.; John H. ; .'Fairbairn ! v.Jbhn v Glees'pn, Is.,.costs;'los.j. Hutt County;-! ; Council •vi-Eichardi.Wood,;,i£7 175.. 6d., costs fßs.;?"s;am'e/v/;- HenryiiWhiteinan,': os. sd.j--Icosts.'''iGli 2s.i'/same'-v.'Daniel: Thurstbn,•■' £6 . •IGs; "7d.V" costs' £1 ■Iβ. j : Colegrove' Tea ;Co.' v. j . G/-B-." Vishet, ,£3 ,105.,? costs .11s. j .-Vacuum/ Oil Co.,'Ltd.,'..v. H.-'-TPiiOakdeh' and Co.,' -JO. 125./ -2d.j -costs;.ss.jiCastle.Tea'Co. y.-:.JaS; /Carran,/ '■£2' c6sts : ;'los.; : Law s: a v& -Manning .y.' Jas. Tulloek,<;£3 Us./'costs si;; George Winder v. X3..'55..:2d.,:c05t5:235;;:6d.i .•Wellington .Drivers' •TTiiion. v: Herbert Furness, 17s;;'. cosh y.'/Thos..,M'lvor,; £1 35., costs' 55.; same. y., Thbs. .Lane, : 195., costs; ss.j\ -samo'v.' John- Taylor,' £I:3s.','. :costs .55.; .-same' V; .'pebrge ■Gafdincr.ril te.,- costs'ss'.'- , :>; /■;:; ;■;.

. u^'H;-JUDGMENT SUMMONS ■;;-,?;■ ; ■■' In'-'; the judgment: : su'm'mons /case of i-'C.; U. Banks/Ltd., 4 v; Thbs, Smith,'a ! debt o£ ,M■ 145.. Gd:- debtor ■ was /ordered:'to; pay on' -or before December; 16,-: in: default .seven, days, .imprisonment;;:l '.'•'';.'-:■;;■•■ ■.'"'';',''■.■■■'■;■:■.;'•■.-■' •■''■■'-' c ;'-'''--' , '-v "■-' Wm v Downie was -ordered to -/pay. • bargood, Son,,-and Ewen,: Ltd;,; the■ sum" of 12S. ■• Id., on orbefbre December;l6, in'default seven days. ■ : No order was-made in itheicasc,. of Kellawayand Johns vi'Kdwin L. Leggbiadebt of ;CB.lßs.'

: " : IS : "VtJNiiJSUaii;"ANp JNiEBESTINCf.; ; ,V ; ;; V ■•"'■ The , of : ii:-debtor's .liability in' Now Zealand tor a, dobt in •another State, entered'.into; a , judgment. :delivorod,, bj' f ,l)r.; M'Arthur' in the case of M. Jlantcl l ■j..-llorpa. LustM'laihtiflolaimediorecover :j£b9 4s. 5d.»10r, ' goods : sold , arid -.delivered. ■ ■'.'Plaintiff,; at -was : stnted,: kept : and clothediour of the^ defendant s ohildren l%m ; N6vembor,aopi,':to.:March, .19015,; .feeding■withlthomvin Victoria,.whileithed.e-,, fendant was;in.West'Aiistralm-The contract 1 vras'carried.out;in Victoria, and there,payments; ■ w they 'fellJ-lihto:- ftTiear.V;ln-. Match, 1905/ the chifdrMi.-wnt .to,their,father(the, defendant) • in WestAustraUa.:; Both parties to thpnction are now,;residing,m.'.No.w Wid, plamtilf in Wellirigton, and defendant ln'Featherston. At 'the bearing-of the-action, defendant produced .no receipts to show how; he, stood, at any .time, ■ stating, as a reason, .that he had ,been- burnt ;Srt?ffi- :West iAustraia;; -He also j that he ; final, accountibnt' he-gave •np.pVopf ;of. this. ;Thq. account, kept,'by; Plaintiff, Ins; Worship con ; . sidered, had every appearance of having been, 'correct y.topt, .'.and::.m -it ■:only : ; l :.two .small amounts of $A each had been credited .after tKrbsontment ofv the'final statement. . After i review of' the: evidence ■■■ and; accounts, r his Worship:'AV,as::of; opinion :that:the. money: was :^idd'itioi ;^ was , riot owing/ defendant .also .pleaded >nonTiabiUty bSt ; of his .bankruptcy; in -West AUstralio' in: 1907. V:-" I - do. not: consider -this '■«"Sw to the. claims, said his, Worship.: -«'rh6.contract .was ■:to r -;be. performed and the money'-to be paid in Victoria. Hence the law o Victoria wos both the lex loci and ; ;iex-'Jool'-:sointiohis.;f:. ; ,".-;Vlt_is;,de.ar::laT,,-:the,-judgment concluded,^l that, a party-to a_cpntract made rind to;be porformed. m one ; State discharged, from .liability under such contract by?ft-discharge,..m bankruptcy- or liquidation,nnder thy. aw .of another, State in wS he-is: Further,; defendant did not obtain a discharge, bnt it.is nnneces. sarv' to go into that point. , ;. .Judgment was for plaintiff with 'costs.-\ j--v ;_ ■: *Ut. Dunn' appeared for plaintiff ; .and ■Mγ. Mentcith ■for:'defendant.' ,y; '; ■;, ;v ,-. y'; ; :

WAQE3 AND EXPENSES. Chas H. .T. Andorson (assignor), and Chas. Pratt add Co., assignees (Mr. Diuib) sued Norman Heath and J. J. K. PowcU, trading as Norman Heath and Co. (Mr. 0. , Beore) for tho sum of .£7B 3s. 7d., made up as follows: Salary alleged to bo due, £73 6s. Bd.; travelling and oiber expenses, JCIO 16s. lid., less 417, advances tnado by defendants. Defendants coimtorclaimed for XII lls. M advances made, being JM Hβ. 6d. in addition to the sum admitted,by plaintiff.- They contended that plaintiff's salary was at tho rate of -£i a week, not JS> as claimed, and they paid into Court tho sum of £1 7s. 9d. which they admitted us being dne to plaintiff in adehtion to tho amount of the countor-claim. Judg. Mont was given for defendants on l both claim and counter-claim, with costs £3 lCs.