MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 686, 10 December 1909, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

; ., : ■;■■'■<;■'(Befdre Mr. W; G. Riddcll, S.M.) ::i ■An old offender, William Whitesido, pleaded guilty to', ft olinrgo of being anidle and disorderly pevson in thnt he had insufficient lawful.means of 'support.- The . stiiteiuout by Statlon ; Sorgeaiit Darby was to tho.elToct that Whitesido hnd .been.'in'.Wellington for about .three*, weeks,'but during .that' time he had consorted with idle and disreputable '. characters. Chi Thursday night ho'hnd induced in who Jiadsomo, money, , and with whom he had been .drinking,'.to .-"sleep out" with him. His Worship sent , ,.defendant to gaol, imposing a sentence of three months' imprisonment. Frodericfc'\John Cullcy .was convicted or insobriety, > and fined : 10s., with'. tho nltorilative of 48 : ' hours in .gaol., One first offender was convicted 'and discharged, and. another was remanded to .December 10 for medical'.treatinenti."-/'-,. .■.'.'..'. •''■: .■'.'' ■ > '.' ■,:■;:■■■.:

CIVIL BUSINESS

'■■: -. ',.;,'•-. (Before Dr. A, M'Arthur.iSiM.)-;'. ,;! Judgment for 7 'plaintiff by default .of defend' ant.Avas entered up.in the following undefended cases:—Diamond : Confectionery Co. v. Albert lethaby, £21;.H5,. 1d.,, costs JE2 145.;" Ernest. :Fraser..Jbnes-y.'.S; Alexander, SS. Cd^, , costs 55.; Commercial .Agency .Ltd.',: assignee, and J; Ptiyr ton and C 0.,. assignor, .v. William Whiteman, £5 25.; costs 3s. Gd;; Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., v. -R G. Smith; ■■■JSS . Os. 9d., costs 135.; .Scott and Co. v.-A.-. Johnston,. £2,- costs 10s.;' Van Stayercn'Bros.;'v.'-P.'Q. Crane, £10 3s. 6d., costs .£1 10s.'8d:j Hutcheson, Wilson and: Co. vv.Brunselkßros.; :costs: only ss;! Commercial Agency; Ltd.',.v;.B.'Rosenberg, £s(j Us. 2d.V •costs <£3 15k.; Dickerson and Co. y. Samuel .Smith,:. iC3':lßs.j costs'.los.; Mauriceville Lime Co., Ltd., y. J. Jopes,'.67. 8s. r 6d.-; .co/>is £1 3s. 6d.| FaUlke arid Giesen '.y. H. Haywood, £3 2s. Gd.,' costs 125.;, Henry Hollpway v. : William. Hawthorn, .£5, 'costs £1 os.. 6d.;■ Wellington Drivers' . Union ,v. William Cudby, il 25., costs ss'.; same.v.: Charles Edwards, JEl'3s., Costs'ss.; Frederick:.. Whitley'-. v. Samuel F. -Ki'Sharp,' ,10s.,-■ costs'-Ss;-:*-' , '. , ':,;;'-'. •=•■': '...'■ ■:■ ■'■-';: '■■}',-■■■. ■'" -' '■'■•: . .v : 7UDGMENT SUiIMONSES.'v;- ■/.::'. : ; Nb orderSiSyere made-in each of'the.fo'flowing cases;—Tlionifts' William Porstor v. Thomas ■Hi -' Ellis, ■Vβ'.-' debjt. of £6 11s.; Bros. 1 , Ltd./v.: John Thornburn.a. debt tlizabeth .Taylor Pyemont and Jonathan William,Hiirlo v.: William Grant, in debt bt'£7 75. ; 6d.; .'■AU : ;'jy..-iOha,ttiold t. , Mrs. Catherine M.t kay, α-dobt of ieiTs;'-.'.'■■-■■'.■,;';. ;. ", ;■;;■: -: : ■ i;; promissory ;-spte. . ■■:' : . ■ ::.i .'■■' The ■ ErapireVXoah arid'- Discouut \Co., Ltd; .(Mr. Dix) proceeded against "Raymond William Marshall:(Mr.'D. Jackson) on a claim for £2<S, • the amount: of. a-, promissory : note: The defence raised'.'was,'that i insufficient-, notice had beengiven of the drawing on the note; Judgment was reserved untilDecember'M. '.. '; : ■■.